Peter Garrett Quotes
There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well.
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They that are intoxicated by self-conceit have interposed themselves between it and the Divine and infallible Physician. Witness how they have entangled all men, themselves included, in the mesh of their devices. They can neither discover the cause of the disease, nor have they any knowledge of the remedy.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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'Saving Grace,' even though fictionally it was set in Oklahoma, we shot it right outside of L.A.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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I've been doing African dance all my life.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.
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Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
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I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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I love puffins. They are small, round gothic birds, and their babies are called pufflings.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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I go to wherever God calls me, wherever the church calls me to come to minister and preach the word of God.
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In the Army, because the stakes are so high - right? - you can't just be a yes-man and say, 'Great idea, boss!' if you don't believe it - right? - because lives are at stake. And the commanders that I've worked for, they want frank assessments; they want criticism and feedback.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.
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There is no real agreement among scholars as to whether Homer and Hesiod were contemporaries or whether Homer came a hundred or so years later or earlier. How could there be, given that both poets recited and sang in an oral culture.
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Not only are we working less, we're enjoying ourselves more. As we're working toward this world of abundance, we're able to increasingly enjoy leisure time.
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There was a stage when Balanchine and I didn't talk. I was trying to develop my classical technique as opposed to the fast-track technique that he was pushing. We were very quiet with each other. But after two years he saw what I was doing and sent messages through other people that, yes, this is good.
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The world didn’t like to look at the dark underside very often. But that didn’t change the ugliness; it only ensured that those who perpetuated the ugliness were left alone to kill and maim and rape.
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There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well.
