Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes
You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.
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I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.
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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
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The search for a Jewish national home came about due to centuries of anti-Semitic pogroms, expulsions, discrimination and hate. The Holocaust was simply the evil culmination of all that came before it.
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The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave.
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It was always in the back of my mind while we were working on the first year of 'Rookie' that we'd do a print version at some point.
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If you're last in your class at Harvard, it doesn't feel like you're a good student, even though you really are. It's not smart for everyone to want to go to a great school.
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As a leader of a majority-Muslim nation, I believe Islamic countries must better understand what young people aspire to.
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Prior to getting into music, I interacted with, on a daily basis, about 5-10 percent of the people that I've interacted with since then. I've been meeting people from different backgrounds and different cultures. That did allow for a lot of change. I've changed as a product of that, but it's been positive.
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When you're singing you can hear the echo of people in the audience singing every single word with you, and that was that big dream that I had for myself. It's happening.
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I don't do social media.
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I feel like the better version of myself is on paper... I'd rather have people know me on paper.
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You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.
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Mother's father and brothers all took great interest in pugilism, and they knew the game well from much practice of their own. They were never so much delighted as when I visited them with a black eye or a bloody nose, at which time they would be at the trouble to give cunning points as to how to meet an opponent according to his weight and height.
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Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
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Ballet is the fairies' baseball.
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The emphasis on religion as a basis of defining majorities and minorities in a secular state is quite misplaced and contradiction in terms. You all understand, I am sure, that religion does not aim at dividing. On the other hand, all true religions have a basic unity.
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Most of the time, the artists are not supposed to wear the fashion. It is always seen as a vanity. But I think I don't need to prove anything in my life. I can honestly say I love fashion and I can be many things at the same time.
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Fights with my father were really quite brutal. I would not live his vision. I would not become who he wanted me to be. Everything I did was criticized. I would spend three months drawing something and show him, and he would look up from his paper and just look back down. I got no approval from him for anything I did that was creative.
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With that corner 3, it's the highest percentage shot in the game.
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The actual getting into the gym and working out process was easier, but the eating was harder. I had to eat every two hours. At one point, my trainer said, 'Put anything in your mouth. Go to McDonald's, get the biggest shake possible. I just need to get calories in you.' Because my body fat at the time was only, like, 7.5%.
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I think what's great about your community is that it's different than anyone else's. Look around. What do you want to change? What needs to be built, or what's valuable and needs to be maintained? Is it the people? Local animals? Your parks or gardens? Hospitals?
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You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.
