Peter Mayhew Quotes
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I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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The earliest stories in Genesis were not written to tell primeval history. They were written to tell readers about themselves and about God.
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By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.
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I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this organization deliver tangible, meaningful results that advance peace, development and human rights.
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An effective human being is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.
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We've got to find a way to protect the process of making musical theater.
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So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's very clean. The food is great. And the people are lovely. Not that I didn't love working in other glamorous locations like Downey, Detroit, Cleveland or Bulgaria... but, damn, it is fun to be Canadian.
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My goal is to always be improving my skills.
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If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.
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I like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm.
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I can't stand Snapchat, but that will be extinct before it is relevant.
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Creating stuff is hard. But, if that terrifies you, you will just be numb, and you better just stay at home and watch TV and do something else. Move into the woods and live with the trees.
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I am not a surrealist. I am only a realist. All this group - surrealists - use my name. No, no, I am realist.
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I just never really understood the reason I understood movies so well, and I didn't realize that me being such a people-watcher was even a gift at all.
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School was a source of great suffering to me, but once I learned to read, I disappeared into books, where I was a happy visitor to all the worlds that sprang full-blown from the printed page.
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When I was a child, I wanted to... go into space! To go to Mars. I wanted to explore and explore and explore. I wanted to go to the Lost World in South America - I was heartbroken to discover there were no dinosaurs; I still don't accept it.
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Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
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With my mask, I controlled all of the mouth movements with my own mouth.
