Peter Coyote Quotes
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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As long as there is cash, and the economy is running, all is well. But as a bank, we'll have to test, experiment, try a hundred different things. A few may work, a few may fail, but we have to experiment and try.
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I'm constitutionally incapable of working on planes or trains, and airports are definitely out.
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Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.
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I have a severe Google Reader habit. I think people will use blog forms and Twitter to contrive fiction.
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The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressions and that I should be converted with my whole heart to the Lord my God.
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I saw 'The Artist.' It's really beautiful and it's all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.
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When I was young, I'd fight everyone who insisted I'd be an actress. I'd say, 'No way. I'm going to be a veterinarian. I'm going to work at Wetzel's Pretzels.'
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I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.
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I met Gerhard Richter and Alighiero Boetti when I was a teenager, and I was really inspired by them. When Boetti died, I realized I only vaguely remembered so many things he told me. It was such a pity. Had I only recorded his voice, he would still be with me, and I could listen to it from time to time.
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It's so great to see a woman dressed in jeans and a lace-up boot with an extraordinary jacket. It's a moment where you do want to mix high and low, and it's not so much about a head-to-toe designer look.
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I'm scared of any fighter I've ever fought because they are some dangerous people to be dealing with. That's also where the anxiety comes from.
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I always have one foot in the street, so I know not everyone wants to dress like the women they see in music videos.
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Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend.
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I loved doing 'Homeland.' I loved playing Brody.
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You know the Middle East is going crazy when Lebanon is the most peaceful place in the region.
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I don't have a TV at my house. I literally do not. I have a television, but I don't have anything plugged into it, though. I watch DVDs.
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I#pray because the need flows out of me all the time-walking and sleeping. It does not change # God - it changes me.
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My house and my garden are built as part of nature, not over it.
