Peter Orszag Quotes
Every day is like that, eight successive meetings on eight different topics, every one really important and interesting.
Quotes to Explore
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The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesn't want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system of musical notations. It wants liberation, which is why very often it fastens on the novel, for the novel seems spacious, undefined, free.
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Nice to see your home fans boo you. That's what loyal support is.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.
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The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.
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If I don't like somebody's looks, I don't like them.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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It's difficult to act in a language that's not your own. It takes a long time to put your head around it and feel confident with it.
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Country music fans are extremely supportive. Once they're with you, they're with you for life.
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I think 'The Wire' really is relatable. It reflects an ongoing issue across America, about inaccuracies in major cities between rich and the poor and some of the things that go on behind the red tape of council and government bodies.
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Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.
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Training is my drug. I'm going to be the best I can in and out of the water - train right, eat right - and that is the way it should be.
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When I was young, I was rather attractive, and I thought that I would be a leading lady. I always thought of myself as a dramatic actress, but of course the opportunities for blacks weren't there at the time.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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The Oscar buzz when I was nominated was totally overwhelming. I think I can cope with anything now that I've coped with that. It was huge. It makes you realize, coming from a small country like Australia, what an enormous industry it is in America.
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I'm a pro-horserace guy.
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I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature in the days when we only made two a year, 1990. It was ridiculous really.
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I can't expect loyalty from the army if I do not give it.
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We buy things. We wear them or put them on our walls, or sit on them, but anyone who wants to can take them away from us. Or break them. ... Long after he's dead, someone else will own those stupid little boxes, and then someone after him, just as someone owned them before he did. But no one ever thinks of that: objects survive us and go on living. It's stupid to believe we own them. And it's sinful for them to be so important.
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Every day is like that, eight successive meetings on eight different topics, every one really important and interesting.
