Peter Morgan Quotes
I have a great deal of compassion for those in public life and what we have done to them.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
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There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.
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Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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There's so much pressure, but I think if you really love it, if you truly love it, and it's your passion to sing, then that's what will get through. I think if you don't have that, you'll realise quickly.
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Life rarely presents fully finished photographs. An image evolves, often from a single strand of visual interest - a distant horizon, a moment of light, a held expression.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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I'm ready to do something with Lady Gaga or Andrea Bocelli. I'm really grateful that nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
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For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience.
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I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.
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If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.
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A huge part of my career and how I want to participate in the world is being unapologetically myself and being honest and vulnerable.
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I'm not an experienced sailor.
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I've always been a writer. I've always loved words, ever since I was a kid.
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All I can really say is it's bloodier than hell. In this one I'm going to be much more direct and honest in my description of the actual killings and the crime scene.
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All forms of art are consciousness expanders, and I am convinced that they will take us further, and more consciously, than drugs.
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I would not reconsider the nuclear cuts. The appropriations committee did due process in looking at where there was the ability to cut some spending and that's what we did and now it's time to look forward to fiscal year '12.
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I have a great deal of compassion for those in public life and what we have done to them.
