Peter Mayer Quotes
I think the past need not be the dead past. If we get it right, with new books, the past can be a beacon for the future.
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Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.
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The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding.
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To get an Army that's already fighting a war to change in stride to a total different military strategy on the ground - and to get everybody on the same page - was accomplished by the sheer force of Dave Petraeus' will.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.
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I don't commit to things unless I have my A-team to do it. And I'm not trying to be cocky, but that shows in my productions. They are top notch!
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I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
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I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing.
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It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.
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On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. I couldn't believe it: Tony Blair was speaking to a room of a few dozen students? If he came to Ohio State, he would have filled an auditorium of a thousand people.
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A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I don't know if I have a brand. I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf. I guess I'm kind of the feel-good story who's seen every level of professional golf.
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The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
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I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.
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I'm a pretty plain-spoken guy.
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'What It Is' was based on this class I've been teaching for 10 years - I wanted to write a book about writing that didn't mention stuff like story structure, protagonists, and all those things that we know about only because they already exist in stories.
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Although my music is electronic, it has a lot of influences from my past, which is all sorts of genres; I've been in a rock-metal band for a long time, and I still feel like, personally, I have a lot of influence from that. My classical influence, you can find spots here and there.
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I respect the British a lot - their history, their past, their culture. I think it's beautiful, what they have with the monarchy.
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When Mike (is) on like that, he makes it tough for anyone to deal with because he has unlimited range, pretty much. What are you going to do, come up on him? He'll just drive right past you and hit the pull-up. When he's got it going, he's just tough to deal with.
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I think the past need not be the dead past. If we get it right, with new books, the past can be a beacon for the future.
