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 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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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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You just have to be yourself and make music you feel from your gut, and hopefully, your audience will respond.
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I just want to be the best Carly Rae I can be.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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I've had many failures in terms of technological... business... and even research failures. I really believe that entrepreneurship is about being able to face failure, manage failure and succeed after failing.
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A delicious meal cooked by a colleague for many others nourishes not only the body but also the soul.
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The small moments I've had to talk with President Obama, I've told him, 'I get it.' His presidency was in some ways almost overshadowed by the fact that he was the first black president.
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Academic chairs are many, but wise and noble teachers are few; lecture-rooms are numerous and large, but the number of young people who genuinely thirst after truth and justice is small.
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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.
