Peter Carey Quotes
I think that thing about the destruction of the world is there all the time, it's there every day when we look out the window.
Quotes to Explore
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'Murder in the First' takes 12 episodes to explore the crime and the issues surrounding it, all in the hopes of answering the question, 'How did we get to this point?'
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really helpful because a lot of time there's really cool stuff out there that we just don't see. Because, y'know, the agent is acting in our best interest, but it does sometimes prevent some of the good stuff from getting through.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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Being on a lunchbox was awesome, and being on a thermos was pretty cool, too.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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I don't go cheap on anything, but I'm not a shopper. If I want something, I look at it, decide what it is, but it will usually be the best product. I've got a pair of loafers that I still wear that I got in 1957.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop.
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Everything about my life seemed so perfect to people. But I struggle like everyone else.
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Une maison est une machine-à-habiter.
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In my mind, I'm always the best. I don't care what people think, what they say. In my mind, not just this year but always, I'm always the best.
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Over the years, I have developed a pretty good Rolodex.
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I'm bad at trends. Just wear what you want and what suits you.
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I think that thing about the destruction of the world is there all the time, it's there every day when we look out the window.
