Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes
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Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.
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But only art and music have the power to bring peace.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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His faith perhaps in some nice tenets might be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was always in the right.
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I would love a bowl of Frosties, but I start the day with something healthier like a bowl of yoghurt or berries.
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I loved being in a band.
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My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a component to my work that is definitely a bit different than that of most photographers.
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Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation.
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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
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Arendt did have a certain snobbishness, though in some of her writing she expressed more democratic attitudes.
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.
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My mother had a lot of phobias. She's pregnant with me and she was a very phobic person. So I was born into phobia, basically.
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Even if I wore a hat and a wig, you can always tell it's me.
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Contrary to the macho culture of Mexico, both my grandmothers were very brave young widows. I was always very close to these hard-working, intelligent women.
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When I first joined the team, I was playing with the likes of Mia Hamm, Shannon MacMillan, Tiffeny Milbrett - all those big-time players. It was very intimidating. I had some of these players' posters on my wall growing up, and now I was able to play with them.
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I pitched and I played the outfield.
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The moral and intellectual character of the Africans is widely different in different nations.
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Today I wanted to die of weakness and melancholy again.
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My dad was in the Army, so what was happening internationally and nationally was always important to my family.
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Just being raised in a home where my mother, from as early as I can remember, always taught me to be thinking about other people first, basically that our service was going to be the measure of our success.
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I think I'd be a good pimp cuz I'd never beat my ho's.
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As an instructor at Alexandria University, I did research that was published in international journals. Although I left to pursue a doctorate in the United States, it was not for want of a good life.
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You don't underestimate either players or audience in any circumstances.
