Peter Morgan Quotes
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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I got beat up up in Texas because my bootlaces were the wrong color.
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I want to give kids that fall-off-the-bed-laughing feeling. Either that, or the sixth-grade feeling that life is hard - sometimes unbearably hard - and it is ultimately about death. But in the meantime, life can be really funny, too.
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The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.
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Reporters do decide what is news, but they don't invent it, even if they sometimes become part of the story by risking their lives in a danger zone, as in the case of ABC's Bob Woodruff and Doug Vogt.
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I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.
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I had a band with a girl in New York, and we would go around and do gigs. And then I happened to start getting work as an actress.
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
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I am a writer of the textbooks of scientology.
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I still haven't found the humor in getting hit by a cement truck. My knees still hurt when I think about it, so no jokes about that yet.
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In the film industry, you are fictitious, just like the characters you play. It has a lot do with a perception about you, and not necessarily you. You are successful because people like that image of you on screen.
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I can sometimes feel like I'm an aggressive man inside. I'm not going to show that on social media.
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In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.
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The joke is mightier than the sword.
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Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.
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For all I know, I am beginning with the ending. My page one can wind up a year later as page two hundred, if it's still even around.
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A great leap in the dark.
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In the end, it's always a single person who makes change. But I do think we should try to send artists out into the world and not have them all stick together in the big cities.
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The BBC's television, radio and online services remain an important part of British culture and the fact the BBC continues to thrive amongst audiences at home and abroad is testament to a professional and dedicated management team who are committed to providing a quality public service.
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I am considering two things on a daily basis: what is right to do and what is wrong to do in my role as President of my people. According to my conscience, I am trying to abide by the right. My vision is peace. My vision is prosperity.
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No family is complete without an embarrassing uncle.
