Peter Marino Quotes
Creating work for the time that one lives in means no retro thinking. It can and hopefully does mean timelessness.
Quotes to Explore
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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Even as a kid, I read 'Jung – Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales'; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing for me.
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Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
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It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love.
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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In fiction, too, after the death of Cooper the main tendency for nearly a generation was away from the conquest of new borders to the closer cultivation, east of the Mississippi, of ground already marked.
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It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do.
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.
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No one should ever be forced to choose between food and education, or medicine and shelter when they don't have the resources. It's very unfair.
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The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up.
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You have to forgive me because I have a habit of not winning things.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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Most people don't really understand what it takes to get a film made, and the struggles .I think anyone who makes a film goes through their own set of struggles.
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I've certainly done some turkeys along the way and made some dumb choices in my career, mostly early on. I'm one of the lucky ones who got to make a lot of mistakes very early when no one was paying attention.
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We should not go to the people and say, 'Here we are. We come to give you the charity of our presence, to teach you our science, to show you your errors, your lack of culture, your ignorance of elementary things.' We should go instead with an inquiring mind and a humble spirit to learn at that great source of wisdom that is the people.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears.
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Outside of a couple of times I ran without eating right or being too tired, I always feel great after I run.
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Creating work for the time that one lives in means no retro thinking. It can and hopefully does mean timelessness.
