Peter Mayer Quotes
Worthwhile books trouble our complacency, sharpening our minds and senses. Some are dangerous, and they, too, must be published.
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I was a kid who had asthma and bifocals and wore sweater vests.
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Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are.
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The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening.
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My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.
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Big stories need human stakes.
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By being friends with all, we are not alone.
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I don't write women who are weak or simpering.
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Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.
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Necessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her own, and they look just like grandma.
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That should probably be written: no !@#$%^&*:@!semicolon
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Gentlemen, start your egos.
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People that want to talk can talk. Even a parrot talks. People are always going to have their thoughts on what they're going to say.
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The farmers are older; they are under financial stress to produce more margins, yet they keep getting less.
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The 'Hey now's' are delivered as people pass me. As I just get near ear range, I hear, 'Hey now!' and that's very funny.
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Very, very few podcasts have made it to scale, and to me, that says this business will never be big.
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And I haven't met too many actors along the way that haven't told me how much the show has meant to them. It's one of the reasons they say they are doing what they're doing, today.
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Digital imaging allows both groups to rise above the limitations of mess and clutter and mechanics, and apply our talents to creating images limited only by our imaginations.
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Football is my profession now. I'm getting married in August... It's a new experience for me as someone just getting out of college. I still have the same attitude about football I always had. I play hard. I enjoy practice. I'd rather be throwing in passing drills than sitting around and watching TV.
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Soccer, more often than not, helps to unite the world. What this Muslim ban is doing is dividing it: separating 'Us' and 'Them' to another degree, adding more division to a country that already struggles with race, religion, sexual orientation, and gender.
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Working out for me is something I do when I feel like it. But it's really about feeling good and taking care of my body rather than having to fit into any sort of model or anything like that. I try to eat well, and everything I do is really just to make me feel my best so that I can come to my job or my personal life and just feel really good.
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Since [violence against women] is rooted in discrimination, impunity and complacency, we need to change attitudes and behavior - and we need to change laws and make sure they are enforced just like you are doing in Cuba.
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As one recalls some of the monstrous situations under which human beings have lived and live their lives, one marvels at man's meekness and complacency. It can only be explained by the quality of flesh to become calloused to situations that if faced suddenly would provoke blisters and revolt.
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Worthwhile books trouble our complacency, sharpening our minds and senses. Some are dangerous, and they, too, must be published.
