Peter Arnett Quotes
I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy from your people and cooperation from the Ministry of Information.
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Everyone romanticizes somebody.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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I know some black actresses who have to wait every 19 films for a role. I can be cast in practically every one as a young white male.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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I might not be the greatest actor, but I walk into every project willing to work hard.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
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A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and they are the ones who, on the surface, are the most pushy: pushing their language, pushing their culture - or what there is of it - pushing by force their system on others.
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Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
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It's weird how people were always asking us, 'Are you real? Are you joking?' That seems like something Americans care about a lot. You can't answer the question 'Are you real?' If we're anything, we're documentary fiction.
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I do everything in a straightforward manner.
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Bullfights have so much color. Not just the matador but also the bull, the arena, and the public. It's all very festive.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
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There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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Mother or Murderer, you havegiven or taken life - Now all is one!
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It's very hard to impose your beliefs or a specific message about any given movie. I think that audiences always extract what they want from a film even if something isn't overtly political. They may or may not get it, and it's hard to control that.
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I was beginning to see, though, that the unknown wasn't always the greatest thing to fear. The people who know you best can be risker, because the words they say and things they think have the potential to be not only scary but true, as well.
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I love to wear my own Jade Jagger ball gowns. I love their timeless elegance, of course with my own jewelry.
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I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy from your people and cooperation from the Ministry of Information.
