Peter Roskam Quotes
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America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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I think every teenager feels like a Martian in something, whether it's in their family, I think, or in their school. I think every teenager, every human being has a sense that they don't belong somewhere.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the - to the back!
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There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover my hair with a hijab; not all Muslim women make that choice, and that's okay. We are all different!
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I was never taken to a play or concert or church. Yet I was a show-off, a dreamer, a storyteller.
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I have spent much of my life where the boys are, first as a tomboy and then on Wall Street. Growing up, I loved every and any sport. I was frustrated by girls who didn't, so I spent most of my afternoons with the boys.
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I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time.
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I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
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I'm so excited and honored to be part of 'Entertainment Tonight!' 'E.T.' was the show that started all the entertainment news, so I couldn't be more thrilled.
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I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
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My passion for music is one of my greatest loves.
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I started casting. I cast music videos, but I kept getting fired from jobs because I was iconoclastic in my ways of casting.
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If you're a waiter and you're waiting on me, you might get five percent, you might get seventy percent. It depends on how bad my math skills are that day.
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I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed. That's the only way I can express it.
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Being a woman, we talk about equal pay all the time. We're not talking about if you're black or if you are Latina. I would like to get back to that and improving the relationship between the police community and the community of color. I don't know exactly all the right things to say, but I want to engage in that conversation.
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Job creators should be able to focus on their work - not on Washington's busy-work.
