Peter Cook Quotes
You realize that suicide's a criminal offense - In less enlightened times they'd have hung you for it.
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The period from 2002 to 2007 was probably our best period. We created a strategy to build global scale, footprints in each of the geographies and dramatically built our international business.
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In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.
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Everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me. We completed each other.
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I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional publishers, but there's a great deal of opportunity out there if you've got the right story.
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When Paris has to pee, Paris has to pee!
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Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
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I love playing women, and I think that this is a throughline to a lot of the characters I've played - they all have this aspect of being wronged. And I think, a lot of the time, the characters are actually wronged by themselves, and they find someone else to blame it on.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
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My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons.
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Because I've done a lot of theater, I know what power is and how megalomaniacs are, since I've certainly played some.
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If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.
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In a much larger sense, the problem of Sabah is directly influenced by the duplicity of imperial Britain. For whatever devious reason, the dismantling of the British empire created divisions and violence due to ethnic and religious differences.
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Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts.
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When I was a publisher of CNN, I took responsibility for the actions of the network.
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If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt. That sounds very nice.
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I think the only consistent thing is that I like projects that explore different social themes. 'Our Family Wedding' is a comedy, but it deals with two different cultures coming together. It's also about people letting go.
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If you've been on the covers of some magazines and been in a few movies that have been seen by people, for some reason, women seem to be drawn to you.
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Dreams don't always have to exist while the sun's down and your eyes are shut
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I waste at least an hour every day lying in bed. Then I waste time pacing. I waste time thinking. I waste time being quiet and not saying anything because I'm afraid I'll stutter.
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Music has a great advantage: without mentioning anything, it can say everything.
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In life, it is never the big battle, the big moment, the big speech, the big election. That does not change things. What changes things is every day, getting up and rendering small acts of service and love beyond that what's expected of you or required of you.
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We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there.
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You realize that suicide's a criminal offense - In less enlightened times they'd have hung you for it.
