Peter James Quotes
I think the police are a major part of the glue that holds civilised life together. They're not highly paid.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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The trouble is that, while my parents were great when they were apart, they were terrible together.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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I have this board in my house that lists out all the things that I love about myself. It's a board of affirmations, and it serves me well.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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I love Cameron Diaz, and I love Drew Barrymore.
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There is too much employer-employee relationship in America. I wish the musicians would feel that many decisions have to do with them and not delegate everything to management or to the board or to the committee. This is why you get a sense of pride in some of the European orchestras: because they are part of the decision-making.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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To a visitor who described himself as a seeker after Truth the Master said, 'If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.' 'I know. An overwhelming passion for it.' 'No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.'
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When you talk with famous scholars, the best thing is to pretend that occasionally you do not quite understand them. If you understand too little, you will be despised; if you understand too much, you will be disliked; if you just fail occasionally to understand them you will suit each other very well.
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Simple formula for the actor: prove you're creative enough to get the job, sane enough to keep the job, and hungry enough to give up everything else to keep them happy.
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I like progress but I hate change.
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The part of my education that has had the deepest influence wasn't any particular essay or even a specific class, it was how I was able to apply everything I learned in the library to certain situations in my life. . . The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.
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I think the police are a major part of the glue that holds civilised life together. They're not highly paid.
