Peter Morgan Quotes

Sometimes if biography is too head-on, it can feel too obvious.

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• May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace.

  

  Yoweri Museveni
  • Time
  • Long
  • May

• For women in, say, Alabama, 'feminism' is a dirty word. They would never march in the streets. But although they don't think of themselves as the beneficiaries of feminism, they are.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Women
  • Think
  • Dirty

• I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and I'm very greedy, and I really enjoy it!

  

  Tanith Lee
  • Writing
  • Enjoy
  • Exciting

• Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Women
  • Discrimination

• Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Time
  • You
  • Tough

• My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • Home
  • Reality
  • Sleep

• When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Work
  • Book
  • Lost

• I'm really proud that the LGBT community has gotten behind me because, as I said, I am part of the community, so I do as much as I possibly can for our community and for our rights, so it's nice that everyone is supporting me as well.

  

  Tabatha Coffey
  • Community
  • Rights
  • Supporting

• Follow the fellow who follows a dream.

  

  E. Y. Harburg
  • Dream
  • Follow
  • Fellow

• When you have your best stuff, it's a lot easier to pitch.

  

  Jacob deGrom
  • You
  • Best
  • Easier

• I hate wearing makeup because I am just too lazy to take it off at night.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Night
  • Hate
  • Makeup

• I follow the director's lead because they generally know more about the big picture, but I also trust that the director will give me enough freedom to play.

  

  Yuri Lowenthal
  • Freedom
  • Me
  • Trust

• Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Life
  • Happiness
  • Greatest

• I'm not a tech-savvy parent. I communicate with my children via the old-media format called yelling.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Children
  • Parent
  • Yelling

• If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • You
  • Change
  • Look

• You have to try to grow between every fight: get back in the gym and keep working hard and find the areas that you need to work on. See what you did wrong and work on it.

  

  Paige VanZant
  • Work
  • Fight
  • Gym

• I've been in therapy. I know enough about myself now to know that I really don't need to know anymore.

  

  Larry David
  • Know
  • Myself
  • Now

• Our small businesses are the largest source of job creation in our country. I am honored to join the incredibly impressive economic team that President-elect Trump has assembled to ensure that we promote our country’s small businesses and help them grow and thrive.

  

  Linda McMahon
  • Country
  • Job
  • Help

• Even in the very beginning when she would bump into George Valentine and people would start taking pictures of her, she never thought, 'I'm with George Valentine. I need to get a picture with him.' She's like 'oh that's funny. Everyone's taking pictures!'

  

  Berenice Bejo
  • People
  • She
  • Funny

• Medicare and Social Security have created the healthiest and most financially secure generation of senior citizens in American history.

  

  Jim Walsh
  • American
  • History
  • Senior

• Every book leaves its mark on you. It might leave you hungry for that kind of book or you may be satiated, and you're eager to read something else. It might send you in a completely different direction. I love that about reading.

  

  Laila Lalami
  • Different
  • May
  • Book

• One episode of 'Game of Thrones' is equivalent to my film 'Centurion' in budget and scope. 'Centurion' has a longer running time, but that's kind of the only difference, and I think people now, if they want drama, they watch TV.

  

  Neil Marshall
  • People
  • Time
  • Game

• Rick Nielsen, Angus Young. Huge Eddie Van Halen fan when I was younger. Jimmy Page is an enormous one who impacts me. When you grow up with classic rock like that and then you get into punk rock, you defy your roots and where you came from. I never really went through that. Even when I started listening to the Clash or the Sex Pistols, I still always listened to Led Zeppelin or Kiss.

  

  Tad Kubler
  • Listening
  • Kissing
  • Classic

• Sometimes if biography is too head-on, it can feel too obvious.

  

  Peter Morgan