Peter Bart Quotes
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I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of trying to prepare for the character.
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What makes for a good argument, at bottom, is being more prepared than anyone else in that courtroom, and being willing to fight to tell your client's story - the story of why the right view of the law and my client's interests are one and the same.
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I'm a romantic, and I like guys to bring flowers and buy some gifts - not expensive things, just romantic things.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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There is more to life than increasing its speed.
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Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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I'm really just a normal person.
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I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So, performing was always part of what I was. I don't know if it I enjoyed the response I got from people or if I liked having an audience, but there's something in me that wanted to perform.
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I'd love, love, love to do a comedy. I can't imagine being on set and being happy and cheerful. That seems so foreign.
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Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
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Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
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I don't think I'm a good dancer.
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I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork.
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On the sets, Ali Zafar was extremely entertaining... he would just start singing out of the blue. It was just great!
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What I get a bit angry about is the image of women.
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For some reason, people find me funny. It's quite hard to define why a thought is funny. It's even harder to define why a person would be funny. It's a word that I can't define at all. But whether I know quite what it is or not, I seem to be it.
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We must, from here on in, all go down the same path... There may not be another chance.
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Ever since 9/11, the mood has changed quite a bit, and for the worst. The main cause for this change are the merchants of fear, who want to make us believe that Muslims are the new evil. By hammering on the assumption that all Muslims are terrorists who try to destroy the American society, they make people feel so very scared that some have accepted any kind of freedom-lessening measure, as long as it makes people feel less unsafe. That's not only the case in the U.S., the same goes for Europe.
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Anything that you can become obsessed with, and you do so much that you don't do the things you need to do with family, friends, school, job - that can be an addiction. And texting absolutely can qualify.
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I will never give up, and I will never give in.
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It was definitely a goal of mine to win the championship when I was going there. Some of the guys were there when I was there, so they know the feeling. I wouldn't be able to sit still.
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That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises.
