Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes
If you don't get feedback from your performers and your audience, you're going to be working in a vacuum.
Quotes to Explore
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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You, as an entrepreneur, must make sure the postmoney valuation is a number you can obtain. You don't want too high of a valuation.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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I came down to Orange because I sold the Smothers Brothers a song called 'Chocolate,' and that gave me enough money to move down here. I was washing windows down in Orange County when they called me up and said they wanted me to do their TV show.
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Mumbai is like Manhattan. There's a certain pace, a social life and the thrill of a professional life.
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The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
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Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door.
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I have a very strong belief in God.
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Not being able to work would make me very unhappy.
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If I were to do a movie about Apollo 13, I'd be at NASA studying what it took to go into space. It's part of your job to go deep, to interview the right people.
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I feel bad for my little cousins who don't see themselves being represented, or the little girls in my community who won't have a chance to see a Disney princess... who resembles them.
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I'm not the type to sit on the porch and watch life go by.
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My life was pretty rough.
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Working on 'The War Room' was a thrill, not only because we were given such exquisite access to the nerve center of Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign, but for me personally, it was so exciting to be producing my first film and working with documentary filmmaking legends D.A. Pannebaker and Chris Hegedus, who were the film's directors.
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I knew that I wanted to be an actor. Then it became about whether acting wanted me. So, I gave it a shot. It hasn't worked out too bad, so far.
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It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?
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Cada um tem a sua vaidade, e a vaidade de cada um é o seu esquecimento de que há outros com alma igual.
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If we do a DNA test of a language, its heart will be found to be very big, it absorbs everything. - Modi in Uzbekistan July 2015
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More and more, as civilization develops, we find the primitive to be essential to us. We root into the primitive as a tree roots into the earth. If we cut off the roots, we lose the sap without which we can't progress or even survive. I don't believe our civilization can continue very long out of contact with the primitive.
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I think every role you do prepares you for the next one. Of course, 'Nashville' has been, and will continue to be, a huge learning experience for me as an actor. It's something that I grew a lot doing.
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I think it's always good for gay people to come out, but it's also understandable why people might choose not to do so.
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When you're willing to be vulnerable, you can surprise yourself at how strong you can be.
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Violets smell like burnt sugar cubes that have been dipped in lemon and velvet.
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If you don't get feedback from your performers and your audience, you're going to be working in a vacuum.
