Peter Bichsel Quotes
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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I definitely think that myself and Sam will help the Timberwolves.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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The 100m is never stressful.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.
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The arts are an integral part of the city's economic progress.
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Government does not create jobs, but it can help set the table for economic growth with the right policies.
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Singing is my passion, my first love and the secret of my energy. Music to me is like finding my inner self, my soul. It gives me a great joy to see audiences enjoying with me. I have given my heart to singing. When I sing, I can feel romance in everything around me.
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Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
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I've been on stage since I was 7. That's where I'd rather be than anywhere else. Just because you can do a bunch of things doesn't mean you are a bunch of things. I can act. I can sing. But I am a dancer.
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The Hispanic culture is finding its way into the American culture. Places like Miami are going to be centers for that influence - places like Los Angeles and, certainly, cities in Texas.
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All I really want to do is plays - and that's a New York thing.
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But I'm very thankful that no one is slamming my head against the wall anymore.
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If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.
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Long live the liberation of the workers off all countries from the infernal chasm of war, exploitation and slavery!
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People will come at me telling me to wear this or wear that. If I don't like it, I don't like it. They couldn't pay me to wear it. If it's something I can rock with, I'll rock it. I'm more interested in being completely authentic to me. In my opinion, being myself is making a statement.
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The reason I say I'm a horrible person is I don't want myself to be presented as somebody who's a great Catholic.
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There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
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Now, today is the day we honor, of course, the Presidents, ranging from George Washington, who couldn't tell a lie, to George Bush, who couldn't tell the truth, to Bill Clinton, who couldn't tell the difference.
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Smoking cigarettes and writing something nasty on the wall, teacher sends you to the Principal's office down the hall.
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That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer.
