Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes
I'm not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids.
Quotes to Explore
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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I've moved on to Plan B now, writing novels.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
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Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
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The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when that personality or that gimmick or whatever they had ran dry at the box office, they were dropped and out.
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Responding to terrorism inevitably implies military consequences. This may shock some people, but these groups must also be dealt with on a military footing. I won't use the word 'combat' to avoid being painted as a crusader.
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Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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Hear the other side.
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I'm not going to be lectured by Nathan Deal, who is a former Clinton Democrat. I will stack up my conservative credentials against his any day of the week.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
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There have been times - and not just on 'The Newsroom,' but on 'The West Wing,' 'Sports Night,' 'Studio 60'... - where it was hard to look the cast and crew in the eye, when I put a script on the table that I knew just wasn't good enough.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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Even in horror novels where you know most characters aren't going to make it to the end, it's crucial to have fully fleshed-out characters. If you don't do that, the reader doesn't care what happens to them.
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To make the material speak to man in the name of man, this is the aim and reality of art.
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Never forget that children are at the heart of everything we do. Respect them, listen to them, talk to them as equals, and care about them.
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I give people permission to be kids again.
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I spend a lot of time on forums, and they drive me crazy.
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I'm not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids.
