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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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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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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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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Domestic violence is an epidemic, and yet we don't address it. Until it happens to celebrities.
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My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I have just got gleaned over the years.
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The difficult thing was deciding what to leave off! I just ultimately tried to strike a balance between what was interesting to hard core fans, and what was exciting to first timers and what I liked.
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Dot Hacker, to me, sounds like a collection of all my tastes. I hear four people trying to fill up as much space as they can.
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I've always lived by the creed that you're never a failure in life when you fall as long as you try and get up.
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You look for comic relief in difficult times.
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Is the U.S. better or is the world better? Is the U.S. better off today than we were four years ago? Obviously not, economically not. I think our stature in the world is not the same.
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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.
