Peter Hall Quotes
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It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history.
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For fiction, I'm not particularly nationalistic. I'm not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work.
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It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.
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My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal.
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So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?
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At the end of the day, New Yorkers need a mayor who understands the problems they face, brings a smart plan and good people to the table, and, more than anything, has the independence, courage and conviction to do the right thing.
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I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.
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This is a bipartisan effort. This is just good common sense. This is where the public wants us to go. They want us to not be so dependent on foreign oil.
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I usually find myself hiking in a place that not a lot of people go hiking, just trying to find some solitude. I like being out in the middle of nowhere. Not always, but it's a good place to go to just reflect and think, and it's something I really enjoy.
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I feel good not just physically but as a person because I know I accomplished my goal, which everybody said I couldn't do in Venezuela.
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There's only two kinds of actors - good ones and bad ones... and lucky ones and unlucky ones.
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There are thousands of good-looking women out there. Longevity for a heroine doesn't come only with good looks: talent matters.
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I think literary theory has not been terribly good for English studies in a while. It's not that theory isn't interesting, but it isn't about books, or the idiosyncrasies and complexities of putting language together.
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I think that with beauty, people jump to the end instead of starting from the beginning with a good lotion or prep.
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Humor can bring people under the tent. And a good joke can deflect some of the intensity surrounding a serious subject.
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I also know that there are a lot of people around the United States who want my husband to win and who are for him and who support our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I feel good about those people, too.
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You go overseas and people are oppressed and scared and worried but we're not like that... we're more like my films and how people come out at the end of seeing them - they feel good.
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If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
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If you've been told all your life that you're good-looking, people just flock around you and you never really have to try or have to learn an interesting craft, skill or hobby - or even have depth.
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There have to be consequences for police who take the law into their own hands. There has to be a shift in the use-of-force policies that are used in departments across the country.
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Most of my influences are turn-of-the-century.
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I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom over tyranny.
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Apartments are getting smaller on a whole. Houses are getting smaller. People don't need great big vacuums anymore.
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You want a car to go for hundreds of miles, and that's what a battery is good for,
