Peter Dinklage Quotes
Dwarves are still the butt of jokes. It's one of the last bastions of acceptable prejudice.
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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Just because you used one set on one guy and had success doesn't mean you can use that exact set, that exact timing, the next time.
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As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.
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One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.
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The young men in the inner city are without guidance, robbing and shooting each other with no remorse... Our system is crazy because we're planning to fail. Everybody needs something to grasp on to.
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Writing for TV entails saying every dumb idea that comes into your head to a room of people. And doing so with the confidence that it doesn't make you look like an idiot.
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You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together.
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The true doctrine is that labor - systematic, effective, congenial labor - is not only a necessity, but is the source of the highest enjoyment.
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I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play.
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Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.
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I think Hollywood has seen what fandom can do for a project. You can definitely see that when you go to Comic-con.
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I just hope everybody stays with us. We are not trying to be snobs or jerks. We are in a whirlwind trying to figure out the best way to be accessible.
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It's all for a reason and all happened the way it was supposed to happen.
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Food fighters in Japan think of themselves as athletes. They have a higher recognition of the game and are constantly thinking about records. I probably won't continue for long because it puts pressure on the body. But I am at the age where I can perform my best.
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When the first album came out and I heard 'Do It Again' on the radio, that was the greatest thing that had ever happened. After that, it was all downhill.
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95% of being a success is just showing up on time and being there. I don't know how I knew that when I was younger. You have to stick around for people to remember you.
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Writing is a futile attempt to preserve what disappears moment by moment. All that remains of my mother is what I remember and what I have written for and about her. Eventually that is all that will remain of [my husband] and me. Writing sometimes feels frivolous and sometimes sacred, but memory is one of my strongest muses. I serve her with my words. So long as people read, those we love survive however evanescently. As do we writers, saying with our life's work, Remember. Remember us. Remember me.
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The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line.
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We're all functions of our societies, right? And we all become who we are because of the invisible forces that mold us.
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Do not falter or shrink; But just think out your work, And just work out your think.
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Dwarves are still the butt of jokes. It's one of the last bastions of acceptable prejudice.
