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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We must beware of the Past, mustn't we? I mean that any fixing of the mind on old evils beyond what is absolutely necessary for repenting our own sins and forgiving those of others is certainly useless and usually bad for us. Notice in Dante that the lost souls are entirely concerned with their past! Not so the saved.
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I always tell my students to complicate your characters: never make it easy for the reader. Nobody is ever one thing. That's what makes characters compelling.
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I'm my biggest inspiration. And I say this in the most humble way. I've been through so much, just in my life.
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Photographs don’t lie, but liars may photograph.
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Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.
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That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer.
