Peter Doig Quotes
I've always been an outsider. Even in London. If I returned to Scotland, I'd feel a complete foreigner.
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I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking.
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I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.
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A woman can never have enough shoes.
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My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home.
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I went to the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU and wrote and directed a small amount of stuff there.
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But who cares? I can honestly look back and realize that everything happened for a reason. Everything that fell apart has fallen back into place beautifully and magically.
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I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
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Willingness to be damned for the glory of God.
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Man's respect for the imponderables varies according to his mental constitution and environment. Through certain modes of thought and training, it can be elevated tremendously, yet there is always a limit.
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I have been touched by extreme violence, and I have been robbed of the life I always wanted by someone who chose to do evil.
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The power that religion has is that you think nothing is random: If there's a tragedy in my life, that's God testing me or sending me a message.
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With 20 top-10 finishes, I feel we're on the right path.
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Just because you're passionately interested in something doesn't mean it has to be your career. You might have to look for more than one passion. Some passions may afford a career and some may not.
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I was a fervent Catholic, and I belonged to the national organizations, even becoming one of the national leaders, until the age of 21, 22.
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I don't love to fight; I don't want to fight.
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A State can sue for negligence as well as fraud damages.
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Q. You do not consider your statement a disloyal one? A. No, sir. Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty. Q. You are sure that your statement represents scientific truth? A. I am.
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Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do itYou play the guitar on the MTV.That ain't workin', that's the way you do it.Money for nothin' and chicks for free.Now that ain't workin', that's the way you do itLemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb.Maybe get a blister on your little finger;Maybe get a blister on your thumb.
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Don't you think that's the way to persuade more companies to come to this region and get more jobs—because I want them—for the people who are unemployed. Not always standing there as moaning minnies. Now stop it!
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Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.
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Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent.
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What I really honestly want is just to be working steadily... I would love to just be on a great TV show and have it run for awhile.
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I've always been an outsider. Even in London. If I returned to Scotland, I'd feel a complete foreigner.
