Peter Coyote Quotes
Where I didn't have the maturity and the compassion to consider other people's needs, I did a lot of damage.
Quotes to Explore
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What we know for sure from our work and from others' is that mice have a life span of 1,000 days, dogs have 5,000 days, and we humans have 29,000 days. Recognizing that the duration is limited, and aging is inevitable, focus the attention on enhancing the quality of the days you have.
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I look forward to a time when my career in a place where I can get out of Los Angeles and find a nice small town like I grew up in to raise my family.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.
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The U.S. should worry about the effects of its polices on the rest of the world. We would like to live in a world where countries take into account the effect of their policies on other countries and do what is right, broadly, rather than what is just right given the circumstances of that country.
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
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The notion of 'reduce and refine' is one I've pursued. I truly believe that by making things less complex, by finding innovative ways to make sustainability affordable, we can advance the notion that it is possible.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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I'm a regular guy, and I don't want anyone to look at me as being superior or having a God complex or anything like that, you know? I don't want to walk around like I know everything, because I have so much more room to improve.
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I assumed that, if I put my head down and did great work, what I deserved would come to me. What you deserve will not come to you. It is only in advocating for yourself that you will receive what you deserve.
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But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.
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The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.
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I think it's good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and make things clear.
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Where I didn't have the maturity and the compassion to consider other people's needs, I did a lot of damage.
