Peter Finch Quotes
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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I mean, sometimes when you do a show or a campaign with a designer, you get along with them really well and you become friends. And then, sometimes, people are just a bit... weird.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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I can't predict whether I'll leave here freely or in handcuffs.
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Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
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I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
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Birth was the death of him.
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We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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I don't think I'd like to be a different person. But I do sometimes see my cats lolling about and think it would be nice to be one of them.
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I'm an actor. 99.9% of all actors in the world have been in denial towards the military.
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Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good head on my shoulders, saying to myself, 'It's going to be a good day!'.
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I'm a novelist, not a social scientist or a commentator.
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I was so flat-chested in high school that I thought I'd better be funny if guys were going to like me.
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I thank God for all the victories and conquests I've had this year as a player and I bring to the altar two prizes. This is first my son who is about to be born. The other is my trophy from Fifa, which I want to dedicate to God.
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If you have 50 years in the business, you can probably count on only five good movies.
