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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In very simple language, Morrie always seems to be able to explain something that other people would take a chapter for, you know.
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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 don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
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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 enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.
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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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Right after 9/11 there was a magazine with a cover of kids, mostly 12-14 year-olds, who were being trained for military combat. I thought that this had just gone too far.
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We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money.
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I attended Professional Children's School in Manhattan because my ballet and modern dance schedules were intensive and had started to interfere with regular school hours.
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In real life, I'm gorgeous, beautiful.
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I liked animals better than people. That's one of the reasons I wanted to be a vet - then I found out that every pet had a person that owned 'em.
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That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises.
