Peter Carey Quotes
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If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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I placed my new novel, 'The Book of Lost Fragrances', in Paris, knowing it would be a challenge. But the book belonged in the city that is one of the greatest perfume capitals of the world and has been since for more than three centuries.
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There's a finite amount of time on this planet for each of us. Sometimes, the only way we figure out how to deal with that reality - knowing that there will be an end to every story, and you don't know how many chapters are left in your book - is by living in denial.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.
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I don't think my daughter wants to see me on the toilet. Lila has seen me nude.
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Some people are songwriters, and some people are just recording artists. I'm both. I write and record.
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I personally love shows that change the lives of people that go through the show. And even if you don't like to cook, I think you should watch just for the story of these people who are going through different stages of their lives through the show. The way they evolve and grow is amazing.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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Over the long term, absent of other barriers, economics always win.
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I don't think you have the right to shout about other people's private life.
