Peter Davison Quotes
They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don't need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it.
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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I am thrilled to get the chance to write comics - and to tell Forgotten Realms tales, to boot!
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I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.
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I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.
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I am ready to fight according to the rules, and I ask for the opportunity to prove myself.
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Master of the universe is every man's potential insight, cosmic potential.
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When I write, I write for myself, and I have high expectations... so I'm just trying to meet those. I'm not going to distract myself with other people's expectations.
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We shared our father with the world.
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How can there be so many mothers in the world but so little sense of what it might be to become one?
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I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
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On this planet, there is no perfection. If you chose to end relationships because of one mistake, you're going to be alone.
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It's not refreshing where there is confusion or any kind of discomfort in a group that has to work that closely together.
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All Americans have benefited from the dedicated service of Representative Henry Waxman. In every battle and in every moment that mattered most, Rep. Waxman stood up for the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the wild places we cherish.
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I think that 'Heroes' really is about family. I mean, sure, it's this surreal story, and it's about people with powers, but the story behind that story is a story of family.
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In the 1920s, big names in the Arab world spoke of Scheherazade as an example for intellectuals fighting for their rights. She was a fighter for the right of free expression.
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Music has always been around with me.
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Better were it to be unborn than ill-bred.
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We tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat.
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The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.
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Music straightjackets a poem and prevents it from breathing on its own, whereas it liberates a lyric. Poetry doesn't need music; lyrics do.
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It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.
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I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.
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They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don't need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it.
