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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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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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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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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Don't think, feel....it is like a finger pointing a way to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory!
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Being a superhero is a metaphor for a job that is overwhelming.
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There will always be a measure of calculated risk-taking in manufacturing fame, especially in a deeply divided political climate.
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I have always found humor in places where humor wasn't necessarily intended.
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I'm friends with Dierks Bentley. Aside from that, I don't really know anybody else in the country music field, really. I've met the Lady Antebellum people and I met Marty Stuart briefly once. He's really nice, but I don't know any of them, really.
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Others may recognise their world in 'Eat Sleep Work Repeat'. This podcast is the side project of Bruce Daisley, who works at Twitter. It consists of him talking to experts about what makes us happy at work and why.
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The cards are stacked (quite properly, I imagine) against all professional aesthetes, and no doubt we all deserve the dark, wordy, academic deaths we all sooner or later die.
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Work without faith is like an attempt to reach the bottom of a bottomless pit.
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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.
