Peter De Vries Quotes
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From a motivation perspective, helping others enriches the meaning and purpose of our own lives, showing us that our contributions matter and energizing us to work harder, longer, and smarter.
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I learn something in the interviews from time to time.
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Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women.
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My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time.
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I boxed 15 years in a club.
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I'm 21 years old, and it's kind of uncomfortable for me to talk about, but I'm in the 1 percent as far as my income and tax bracket. But now that I'm here, there's no amount of money you can wave in front of my face that will make me understand depriving people of human rights.
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The kingdom of heaven is like electricity. You don't see it. It is within you.
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Bermuda is not even tropical. The charm of the tropics - the heat, the chaos - is not there.
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If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
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TV chefs are not responsible for people's consumption of fibre; this is not our job.
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I'm working over 80 hours a week and have to keep on track.
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I can't really comment on rumors.
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That's a part that's always a challenge for athletes: trying to keep the passion alive while knowing it's still your job. There's no question that at some point, probably sooner rather than later, I'll be pretty burned out. And when that time comes, then I'll take a step back and take a look at it and see if I want to keep going.
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What I enjoy most is doing something I've never done before.
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Unlike my previous roles, which portrayed girls who are supportive and loving, Hye-jung is a cold loner who doesn't know how to love.
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I must say the idea of a United Africa was nonsense.
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I am a very public person. I have nothing to hide.
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Buy clothes the size you want to wear.
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Popping broad beans out of their skins can be therapeutic, but it isn't everybody's favourite waste of time.
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With 'A Northern Light,' I've already heard from teenage readers, teachers, librarians - it's been so gratifying. It's amazing that you can take something that matters so deeply to you and make it matter to someone else.
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There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don’t know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
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Critics write out of intellectual exercise, not poets. Poets write straight from the heart.
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Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
