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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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Man is in his short sojourn on earth equal to God in His eternity.
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My first job after graduating was working with Robert Zemeckis. I got a job a week after graduating and moving to L.A. So I got to work on 'What Lies Beneath' and 'Castaway' as a PA, which is basically like a gopher.
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I'm quite tame as touring musicians go.
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Spreading the news is your duty as a Christian, and there are many ways to do this.
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You've got to tell the truth, ... And if you don't tell the truth, then everything else you say goes into question.
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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.
