Peter Carey Quotes
When I was young and easily outraged, I would be upset when every fictional character I created was somehow reduced to 'autobiography.'
Quotes to Explore
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In 'A Boy's Own Story' and 'Jack Holmes and His Friend,' my idea was to take someone totally different from my real self and, at the same time, to assign to him my own life trajectory.
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I am a little obsessed with surprise kitty.
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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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Hollywood's got its own particular environment.
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I'm interested in morality and mortality, and 'Deadpool' kind of has all of these themes.
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To be honest, I never really wrapped my mind around winning.
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The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.
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I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.
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I eat tons of green veggies to keep my PH balance in check.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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When I left home after graduating high school, I left as a migrant agricultural worker with a Modern Library edition of Plato in my duffel bag. It sounds kind of crazy, but I loved it. I loved the stuff. Before I knew there was a subject called philosophy, I loved it.
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We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.
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Each day, you can awake and focus on small, easy goals you can accomplish in the short term - goals that, over time, will lead you to your long-term goal.
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It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.
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I see a lot of scripts, and very few of them leap off the page at you.
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I'm a driven person, but I'm also cautious, and I overthink things sometimes.
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This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time.
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I write narrative nonfiction, creating lively scenes through action and the use of quotes from firsthand accounts, all based on rigorous research. If I say a character leaned against a fence on a windy day, than I have at least two sources to back up these details.
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If you can learn to motivate yourself, you can always tap into an abundance of energy that will drive you to the success you dream of.
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The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.
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The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit.
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To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others.
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When I was young and easily outraged, I would be upset when every fictional character I created was somehow reduced to 'autobiography.'
