Peter Jennings Quotes
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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I kinda wanted to play receiver more.
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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I intend not to do an item song ever. I find the term 'item songs' bizarre. I do not want to comment on its presence and its popularity, but I would rather avoid it.
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I've never been a really big fan of theatre. I don't know why. It's so much for effort. It's much more difficult for me than stage acting just because of the pressure that's piled on you and you have to learn the entire performance by heart.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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I'm still dreaming to be the next Missy Elliott.
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When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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Rarely do you walk down the street doing anything that my grandparent's generation did. And half of that comes with the technology advances.
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'Promiscuous' implies that I'm not choosy. In fact I'm very choosy. I just happen to have had a lot of choices.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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My retiring days are behind me – they're going to have to throw me out now.
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Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
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I had a crazy life for a teenager. I lived in New Jersey, but I'd go to Vermont for three weeks, join a commune, take pictures with the guy I was dating, come back home, and post photos.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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When I'm in the car, I want the only one shouting to be me.
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There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up.
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I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.
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I think there are really are some public schools, incredibly successful public schools, that are inculcating a real educational ethic in their students.
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There's such a unique humour in Wales that I just love and miss in Los Angeles.
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A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.
