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 don't speak Spanish. I understand enough of it, having spent some time running Telemundo, and I put in a lot of time in Spain during the Barcelona Olympics. But I don't pretend to speak Spanish, and I don't want anyone to think that I can.
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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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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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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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E-commerce is applicable to Russia, just as it's applicable to any other market.
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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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The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.
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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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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 done a lot of things in my life.
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Gymnastics does take great focus and concentration. What I do is look to my coach. He keeps me focused. And I meditate to get myself confident before the competition floor. That helps keep me focused, too.
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I've always been a 'small goals' kind of guy.
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Being a woman in control of a company - even a small private company, as ours was then - was so singular and surprising in those days that I necessarily stood out. In 1963, and for the first several years of my working life, my situation was certainly unique.
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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.
