Peter Dinklage Quotes
I knew David Benioff a bit socially. I knew his wife, Amanda Peet. He's a smart guy, so I always sought him out at dinner parties.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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What's really important to me is that we have fiscally responsible balanced budgets.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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I acted when I was a real little kid. My mother was an actress in a Miami theater company comprised of actors from Cuba like her and I was the default kid.
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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I never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections, I remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me in a way I could not understand.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
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There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.
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The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
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Comedy is far more difficult, as it involves improvisation and impromptu acting, and as an actor, that came as a welcome break for me.
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Is it government's job to make up for someone's mistakes?
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I'd like to see more crossover between white and black music. That's something I've been advocating for years.
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Dogs and humans are symbiotic species. We need each other.
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I went to see President Nixon at the White House. It wasn't difficult to get a meeting because I was heavyweight champion of the world. So I came to Washington and walked around the garden with Nixon, his wife and daughter. I said: I want you to give Ali his licence back. I want to beat him up for you.
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I knew David Benioff a bit socially. I knew his wife, Amanda Peet. He's a smart guy, so I always sought him out at dinner parties.
