Peter Abrahams Quotes
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You think about taking audiences on a journey.
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Attraction doesn't stop when a child is born. It's the opposite. Being a mum and dad makes you even sexier.
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
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A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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I love to write.
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Acting is an escape from the boring person that I am in real life.
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There's nothing like taking two flights when you have a horrible hangover. It's bad when people can see actual alcohol seeping out of your disgusting pores.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.
Garry Kasparov -
I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole.
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I spoke with Abramovich. He is very simple and loves football. We were on the same wavelength: he wants to confirm Chelsea's position at the top.
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I grew up in Scotland, and everyone wore Barbour. It's very practical; it's very outdoorsy. It's what the gamekeepers and the fishermen and the farmers would wear.
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Stand-up comedians say that anyone in the audience can be funny, but people paid to see us because we're just a little bit funnier. In the same way, I think anybody can play music - in fact, I think everyone has music in them, but some of us can do it a little better.
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I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea.
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I couldn't care less about what anybody else has to say.
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Is an artist much more than a beggar?
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Since I've stopped drinking I'm way better at singing. I can project my voice better. I can actually walk on stage and make eye contact with the audience, which I never used to know how to do in the past. So, it's made a huge difference for me.
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I've never said, 'I'm squeaky clean.' It's always the people who project that image that are hiding something. No one's squeaky clean.
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I don't give a score prediction, but I am a defensive guy, so I'll definitely be looking forward to a defensive game.
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To get where you want to go you can't only do what you like.
