Peter Coyote Quotes
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time.
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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That's what happens in a good horror movie: there are always metaphors of greater subjects like humanity and empathy and compassion. It's not about the action and scary moments: You really care about these characters because they're mirrors of our own reflections.
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There is nothing cooler than having lines like, 'Batman, the fate of the world is upon us.' Who gets to say that? And who gets to say that in a deep, earnest, amazingly sexy way?
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It's certainly true that I was brought up in that British amateur tradition, the one which always held that if you were reasonably good at cricket, knew one or two Latin texts and a few zingy Oscar Wilde quotes for dinner parties, you were pretty much ready to go and run some outpost in Hindustan.
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People say Malala's voice is being sold to the world. But I see it as Malala's voice reaching the world and resonating globally. You should think about what is behind Malala's voice. What is she saying? I am only talking about education, women's rights, and peace.
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
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Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it will ever come to fruition.
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Sometimes, an afternoon spent in bed with someone can be the most important thing in the universe.
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Now that this mess is almost behind me – I just have one last request: HBO, when you make the movie about this whole NBC late night fiasco, I’d like to be played by Academy-Award winning actress Tilda Swinton.
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Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.
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When the lambs is lost in the mountain, he said. They is cry. Sometime come the mother. Sometime the wolf.
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In the clubs, it's all out and you can say whatever as the character. TV has standards.
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Pubs would be number one. And black cabs and cabbies - moody cabbies always crack me up. And the other thing I love is the parks: the parks around London don't get enough airtime - I think they're sensational, and when spring hits, the first thing I'll do is go to the park.
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It was one of those goals that's invariably a goal.
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I think everybody has tragedy in their life. Everybody has hurdles in their life. Everybody has tough things to overcome. My kids say to me, 'This isn't fair.' I said, 'Life isn't fair.' Everybody has their issues. It's how you handle your issues that distinguishes you.
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Next to the love between man and his Creator, The love of one man and one woman, Is the loftiest and the most illusive ideal, That has been set before the world. A perfect marriage is like a pure heart: Those who have it are fit to see God.
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I know a lot of people my age are still trying to figure out what to do, and I consider myself lucky that I can make a living doing something that I truly enjoy.
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Let's choose to hear one another out.
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When I finally went to Ireland, I had to go. It was 1993. My father was finally too old to travel alone, and he asked me to take him home. When an old man asks you to take him home, you have to do it.
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The self is just not a worthy enough vehicle to worship.
