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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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 image I had was that Oprah books were fluffy.
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I think a part of me thought that I might be interested in academia because I really do love school. I mean that on all levels - I like educational environments; I like being part of that community of learning and exploration. And I like to talk.
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I was 35 when I started taking classes at Ohio University. After I got my degree, I kept working at the mill. When I was 45, I decided I was going to try to learn how to write short stories.
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God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.
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I'm happy. I don't care what other people say or think. I'm happy. I'm blessed. I'm proud of my life, and that's it. That's all that matters.
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I've had days when I go in my bedroom for 24 hours at a time. I call them my Cilla Black days, and they're literally black days. It's like the old Boomtown Rats song 'I Don't Like Mondays.' You just want to shut the whole day down.
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I'm a fan myself, so when a fan does something that might be strange, I understand it.
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You don't underestimate either players or audience in any circumstances.
