Peter Doig Quotes
I think if I was Trinidadian, I would latch more on to the myths and romanticise the place more. I don't think it's my place to do that - they're not really mine. I'm an outsider.
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I feel fine as long I'm not running around.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.
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While make-up helps to enhance one's features, too much of it tends to hide a person's features.
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It's like you have a child and you think, 'Everything that I've done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.' It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.
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Once we can do Pixar-quality graphics rendered in real time with interactivity, I could see games costing $200 million to make, and all of a sudden you have to sell a lot of games just to break even, so I'm a little worried someone's going to do that.
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I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.
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Communicating with teenage girls is easy unless you're an adult, and then it's like having someone take a pair of pliers and, one-by-one, yank off your fingernails through your ears.
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I'm not such a nuisance to the world, and the kick I get out of living can, I suppose, justify the impositions I make on it. But when life isn't so fun, well, then I start to wonder. What's the point of going on if it's just trouble for us both? My friends will miss me, I am told.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing.
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When it gets down to it you just have to act.
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I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.
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What I've learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
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Everyone who goes to a job he doesn't like is a lot weirder than I am.
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As an Ambassador for PSI and a supporter of Nothing But Nets, I have met individuals around the world who are lending their ideas, their voices, and their time to improve their communities and the world at large. And there are millions more that I have not met.
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There have been some things that have happened over the years that have been really special in my life, and this is one of them.
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Tell the Government, our people shall not starve.
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I felt like the dark hair added like a toughness to my face also, which was really important.
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Ken Lay has, does and will continue to accept responsibility for the fall of Enron. He was the man at the controls. But failure is not a crime.
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I think if I was Trinidadian, I would latch more on to the myths and romanticise the place more. I don't think it's my place to do that - they're not really mine. I'm an outsider.
