Peter De Vries Quotes
The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
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I think of myself as a cover girl. But I would never do some kind of cheesy magazine.
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Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.
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I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution.
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I was always trying - I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.
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Almost everyone will find something in our services worth paying for.
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.
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I am a man who is noble. I have a good heart, but at the same time, I'm a little malicioso. There's no way of hiding that side.
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I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children's stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, 'Can't you write anything normal?'
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Tone matters more than words.
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You shouldn't talk about yourself all the time - most of us aren't for sale. Our books are. Talk about them. It's not a question of whether or not you're fascinating on a personal level - it's that your trivia and trials might not have any connection to the tone, tenor and sense of your books.
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You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
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The set for 'Blade Runner' was maybe the hardest set I've ever worked on because I think we worked 50 nights in a row, and it was always raining.
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I realize that I live in the same environment that I did when I was a kid, but with less junk and better art.
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I'm the kind of person who always wants more.
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My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for the kettle to boil. This pleasure is for the old who live alone.
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It's funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it's fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh.
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'In church I was told that if I so much as smoked a cigarette or tasted alcohol, I’d be damned in hell for all eternity...it didn’t take long for me to start thinking that sounded all wrong ...I didn’t cotton to the idea that your religion should be flaunted to other people. Your religion is for you, and is best kept close to your heart.'
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We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.
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I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it.
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I'm the girl next door, not the sex symbol.
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Retire? Me? I'll go when they get tired of me at Old Trafford or when I can no longer do the job.
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The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
