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.'
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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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I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.
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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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A lot of people think that because I'm from Malaysia, I'm driven by Malaysian sound, but actually, it's mostly just my melodies.
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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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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her.
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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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There is inestimable blessing in a cheerful spirit. When the soul throws its windows wide open, letting in the sunshine, and presenting to all who see it the evidence of its gladness, it is not only happy, but it has an unspeakable power of doing good.
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I was reading Omar Khayyam, Kahlil Gibran, Rumi, L. Ron Hubbard, all sorts of philosophy. Bebop cats are like that. Curious. I wanted to know about everything.
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I've learnt that if you can't get rid of something, you have to find a way to live with it.
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People have criticised me because my security detail is larger than the president's. But you must ask yourself: are there more people who want to kill me than who want to kill the president? I can assure you there are.
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You are more likely to be overweight if your friend's, friend's friend is overweight than if your parents are overweight.
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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.'
