Peter Gallagher Quotes
I made my Broadway debut in the revival of Hair and followed it up with the bus and truck tour of Grease.
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I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me.
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I didn't grow up listening to The Smiths, but now I am a fan. I love his music and listened to so much of it for the film. It's not a regular biopic; they picked a part of his life that people don't really know about. You learn what informs his lyrics.
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You could put all of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's angry sermons on to one loop. You could put that loop up on the big screen at Radio City Music Hall and let it play there 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Barack Obama will still emerge as the next president of the United States.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas.
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You don't want to get stuck with a record that you've done with someone that you feel obligated to put out - that's not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work.
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I like my hands. They do most of the talking.
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Most believers struggle to really believe in the supernatural as a meaningful, deterministic reality except during moments when they are drawn to it, perhaps during a worship service or while reading a novel like 'Adam.' Being drawn to this truth is the first step to living a life in accordance to this truth.
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My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.'
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But the exposure we got by doing the stint with Nine Inch Nails brought us a lot of attention.
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Therein lay the secret to all fads: the herd instinct. People wanted to look like everybody else. That was why they bought white bucks and pedal pushers and bikinis. But someone had to be the first one to wear platform shoes, to bob their hair, and that took the opposite of herd instinct.
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I was so angry at God for taking my father from me that I marched up to my mother before the funeral and told her I was going to quit nursing school. I just wanted to stop living.
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As a kid, I liked making up stories, and I wrote a story about a kangaroo and a bat with Christy Chang, and she went on to become a surgeon.
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I remember really bonding with the first generation kids, the Chinese Canadian kids, and in high school bonding with the Latin kids and the East Indian kids. It was very interesting because it made me open to lots of musical sounds.
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I always thought Vincent Lindon had a sexy body, a body you can trust, a solid body you can lean on.
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I made my Broadway debut in the revival of Hair and followed it up with the bus and truck tour of Grease.
