Peter De Vries Quotes
There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.
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At 21 years old, I could produce 400 people like that.
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Women dress very much according to their moods, so when you see their shoes, it really shows you the character and what they want to show to the world, and what they are feeling at that time.
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It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights.
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And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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We never left a set until we'd trashed it.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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I don't want to do anything like Can't Hardly Wait, I don't want to do anything like Scream. I saw all those movies, and they were good, but they're just not what I want to do.
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This is something that I witnessed out on the campaign trail for three years, which is that there is a total disconnect between the rhetoric regarding immigration and the reality. And I'm speaking as a border state.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
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Whatever I have done so far has led me to 'Kaabil.' It is a big opportunity for me to establish myself more commercially. It is a huge platform.
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I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.
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A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.
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If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.
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As David Cameron realizes, we do not have time for the tweaks and increments favored by institutions built to resist change.
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Perverts the Prophets and purloins the Psalms.
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There is a lushness to how my mind works.
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Being a mentor and a leader, I've always urged guys, if you're ever allowed to be a free agent, to take advantage of that opportunity.
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All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think.
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I suppose meeting people whether it's in real life and actually shaking their flesh and blood hand or shaking the mystical hand of the character all rub off on you in some way.
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There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.
