Peter Diamandis Quotes
My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to become a physician.
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Growing up, my birthday was always Confederate Memorial Day. It helped to create this profound sense of awareness about the Civil War and the 100 years between the Civil War and the civil rights movement and my parents' then-illegal and interracial marriage.
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'Skins' is about a group of teenagers in Bristol, and it's all about what they get up to and all the different things they do. I think it's a good show because it's come from a very real place, and there's a lot of young people involved in the writing.
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I had a high school sweetheart that was my first. We were together all through high school. I had just broken up with him because I didn't think I was good enough. He wanted to be an anesthesiologist. I wanted to be an entertainer. His life was more planned out, and mine wasn't.
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The thing I don't miss is waking up in the morning, hurting, the grind of the game.
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The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
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I've been snowboarding my whole life. My wife's really good, and I just try to keep up with her.
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As murderous industrial magnates go, Alfred Nobel is right up there with Ray Kroc, franchiser of McDonald's.
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There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.
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I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.
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I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often.
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The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run.
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Last I checked, the album was #82 out of the top 200 on the Billboard charts thanks to you all. I pray that keeps moving up and with your help it will.
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Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that. The man was tired. He was tired.
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I've always been a fan of science fiction. My family, we all used to watch 'Star Trek' together, which is kind of a nerdy family activity.
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I'm very much over my hair. If it was up to me I'd have cut it a long time ago.
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Being on Disney, a lot of young people look up to me.
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I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures.
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I have met hundreds of young people doing just what George Romney did: using a hand up in tough times to become part of the American Dream.
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My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called my uncle. He was like a father to me. I was closer to him than I was my father.
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My father is a very theatrical and dramatic person.
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It's difficult because Manhattan is so fantastic, and it's 9 miles away, and all these cool rich people live there and have great lives, and you live in a semi-attached row house in Queens.
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The difference between the smartest dog and the stupidest man - say a Tennessee Holy Roller - is really very small.
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I'm not a wannabe Miley Cyrus.
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My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to become a physician.
