Peter Fonda Quotes
When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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Spontaneity is what travel is all about.
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Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.
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If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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There's a logic today that places a greater value on celebrity the less it is accompanied by actual achievement. I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.
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Metaphysics—objective reality; Epistemology—reason; Ethics—self-interest; Politics—capitalism.
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I get myself a gig somewhere, whether it's in a club, whether it's in a bar, it doesn't matter, and I just work on New Year's Eve because I always feel it's very symbolic for me for the next year, for the new year.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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The little kids in the stands are going to give you a good cheer. Sometimes, that overrides the other people.
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When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father.
