Peter Blair Henry Quotes
Because I come from a place like Jamaica, which is a small, open economy, I viscerally get the importance of the global economy.
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I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
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I tend to love actors. I was trained as an actor first so I'm drawn to actors.
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When a crime is committed, only the victim and the victim's close circle experience the event as pain, terror, death. To people hearing or reading about it, crime is a metaphor, a symbol of the ancient battles fought every day: evil versus good, chaos versus order.
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There are some movies you do for the character; there are some movies you do for the people.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.
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The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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I love a cool bralette paired with a high-waisted jean, maybe with Chanel suspenders and a good platform shoe.
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Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
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My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.
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I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.
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Love is dangerous; it's not something to be trifled with. As good as it feels on the way in, it feels that much worse on the way out.
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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My favorite personal hockey moment was probably when Mike Bossy scored fifty goals in fifty games. He was the first one to do it since Rocket Richard. I was young when it happened, but I remember it very distinctly.
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It is an understatement to say that in this society injustices abound: in truth, it is itself the quintessence of injustice.
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What people don't know is that I'm a blackbelt in jujitsu, which I've been for 20 years, and I've been boxing since I've been 15 years old - those are things that come natural to me.
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I am very friendly with the people of India, and corporates are also a part of that.
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If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it.
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Because I come from a place like Jamaica, which is a small, open economy, I viscerally get the importance of the global economy.
