Peter McWilliams Quotes
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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I always wanted pink hair.
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, thou innocent pretence for bringing the wicked of both sexes together in a morning; thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart- opening, wink-tipping cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate thus, and … adore thee.
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If you look at the state of our planet, the next generations won't be around if we consider sustainability as a gimmick.
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It's hard to get those roles that allow you to show everything and feel like you're really being used and exhausted and spent, which I think is what actors really love: We want to be tired.
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I want people to be like, 'Your album's just as good as Kendrick [Lamar]'s or Esperanza Spalding or Beck. I work just as hard as them.
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Life is miraculous, even when it's disastrous, it's still incredible, I'm fascinated with everything, life is fascinating, I'm fascinated by trees and dogs, but no one wants to hear me talk about it.
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Definition of a victim: a person to whom life happens.
