Peter Medawar Quotes
It is not envy or malice, as so many people think, but utter despair that has persuaded many educational reformers to recommend the abolition of the English public schools.

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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.
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Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?
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When I started making movies, I was pretty young, and at the time I felt like there needed to be more confrontation in cinema - or I needed to make something more disruptive - so in the beginning, those movies were me wanting to play with the rules.
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If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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In some weird, warped way, I'm actually convinced that if I got mugged, I could probably take out the guy.
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I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.
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Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
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I had just 15 days to work on my body for the climactic fight of 'Bodyguard.' And I would work on every muscle of my body two/three times a week. I would have developed a superb body if I had three months, but squeezing it into 15 days can be harmful. Also, as you grow older, your metabolic rate slows down.
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I grew up in an era of pretty severe poverty. My parents weathered the Great Depression, and money was always a very big concern. I was weaned on a shortage mentality and placed in foster homes largely because there simply wasn't enough money to take care of the most basic of needs.
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A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
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Life is God's art.
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There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
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This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband doesn't like you.
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I believe good software is written by small teams of two, three, or four people interacting with each other at a very high, dense level.
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I was always taught that book keeping was more relevant than book reading. The only thing worth reading was meant to be a balance sheet.
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Do you realise that Eve was the only woman who ever took a man's side?
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I'm hard of hearing. I miss a lot. It's really tough.
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We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the risk of the incidence of terrorist attack.
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It is not envy or malice, as so many people think, but utter despair that has persuaded many educational reformers to recommend the abolition of the English public schools.