Peter Landesman Quotes
I always spend a good deal of time with the people I write about. I try and smell the normalcy of their lives. I try to look at the normal rhythm of their life.
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I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.
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I really like 'Roar' and 'Dark Horse.' 'Dark Horse' I really like, and I feel I would sing that in the bathroom; I would buy that album, and I think Katy Perry's amazing!
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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I identified with white culture, and I wanted to fit in. I didn't identify with black culture. Like, I didn't like Tyler Perry movies, and I wasn't into hip-hop music. I liked Neil Young.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I was a tomboy and didn't pay too much attention to my clothes.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn't think about him a hell of a lot.
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In the child, consciousness rises out of the depths of unconscious psychic life, at first like separate islands, which gradually unite to form a 'continent,' a continuous landmass of consciousness. Progressive mental development means, in effect, extension of consciousness.
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My daughter passed away in 2003.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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My dad went to jail for a long time. We lost everything, and the situation never resolved itself. My parents had this sort of passionate, disastrous desire for each other - not ideal to grow up in.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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Just as I try to find ways to be more productive every year for myself, I also look for tips to pass on to young professionals.
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Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.
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I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
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Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.
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My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.
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If I get even five per cent of my ideas out and documented before I die, I'll be lucky. I'm not in danger of running out of riffs or ideas anytime soon. They overwhelm me and it's hard to find time to deal with them.
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This idea of shared humanity and the connections that we make with one another - that's what, in fact, makes life worth living.
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I always spend a good deal of time with the people I write about. I try and smell the normalcy of their lives. I try to look at the normal rhythm of their life.
