Peter Mullan Quotes
In the acting game, you spend a long time fighting against what the director perceives you to be. And half the time the directors don't know.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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The disappearance of MH370 has tested our collective resolve.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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When I'm not touring, I hardly ever leave my house. Part of it is I get to do what I'm most passionate about, which is work on music and make new songs.
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I'm originally from southern California, so I, like, say 'like', like, a lot. I've been trying to scrub any traces of Valley Girl from my speech since I moved to New York, but it's, like, totally way harder than anyone thinks, you know?
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I have a saying. 'Never judge a book by its cover'. I say that because I don't even know who Ozzy is. I wake up a new person every day.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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Rock will never be dead for me. Do I like a lot of what I hear on rock music radio? No, not for the most part. I'm not a fan of the regurgitated Pearl Jam and Nickelback crap that's the biggest thing in the Midwest. There isn't that big of a market for rock anymore. Every once in a while something happens and you like it.
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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
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War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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I suppose I've been very fortunate in terms of my longevity and my voice and the way it has held up over the years. I hope to be able to keep on doing what I'm doing until I can't do it anymore.
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I know it's hard for people to imagine a time when 'Hamilton' wasn't 'Hamilton,' but for years, it was just this little thing that I was telling people about that didn't make any sense to anybody as I was describing it. But I loved it.
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I went to every game last year so I know who he is.
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I'm not graceful.
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My first novel, 'Housekeeping,' was accepted by the first agent who read it, and bought by the first editor who read it. In general, my experience with publication has been gentle and gratifying.
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In the acting game, you spend a long time fighting against what the director perceives you to be. And half the time the directors don't know.
