Peter Beard Quotes
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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There was a strange atmosphere on the set because we were filming in this large house, which was used for troubled children. You'd go in and find walls had been burnt down. The building was charged with this history and it stayed with us throughout the filming.
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I don't do athletics for any other reason than achieving certain distances, certain titles and goals in my head.
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I didn't want to be one of those arty nutcases.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.
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I've not given up having a child. But I hope whatever route of parenthood I choose, whether it's adoption or I'm able to conceive, I just hope that I'm able to give someone as beautiful a life as my parents gave me.
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I think everyone in Hollywood works on multiple things because you never know what's going to happen with your projects.
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So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They don't mess with innovation, and they become boring.
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I forgot that San Francisco is not an angry city like New York. Gays have gotten what they wanted there over the years, unlike New York, where we had to fight for everything.
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The future is keeping you out of the present time.
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A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern.
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The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.
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There's a danger in romanticizing what it means to be a writer. Because what it really means is hard, hard work. It means tearing your hair out. Feeling like your head is about to explode.
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Research your idea. See if there's a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don't know if there's a need for it. You also have to research your competition.
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Mastering music is more than learning technical skills. Practicing is about quality, not quantity. Some days I practice for hours; other days it will be just a few minutes.
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No one knows restaurants like a New Yorker - they're incredibly discerning and restaurant savvy.
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I am infinitely grateful to the life which privileged me.
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Unfortunately, I am very aware of editing and I look at the monitor too much. Sometimes the monitor can become your worst enemy because you can, consciously or unconsciously, start editing yourself.
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Jo from The Facts of Life was such a lesbian. Wasn't she the biggest lesbian? I used to watch that show, like, 'Oh, she gonna fuck Blair!'
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I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
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The U.S. government is crushing liberty at nearly every turn. Our Constitutional rights are under attack like never before and we must fight back.
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I've never had underwear of any kind, anything that you have to wash.
