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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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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My passion for music is one of my greatest loves.
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It is by suffering that human beings become angels.
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Everybody in America who didn't come over the Bering Strait ice bridge stole his land from somebody else.
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In 1972, George Harrison invited me to accompany him on a trip to India.
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I would never butt heads with Rob Zombie. I don't know anybody that's in acting that ever butted heads with Rob Zombie. I adore Rob. I adore him. I adore working with him. I adore knowing him. I'm happy to consider myself a friend and someone who he hires. I just think he's great.
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You will find as the children grow up that as a rule children are a bitter disappointment - their greatest object being to do precisely what their parents do not wish and have anxiously tried to prevent.
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I directed a movie back in the '90s which had calf roping in it, and I got into it quite a bit back then.
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I'm writing all the time. I tend to work on at least two books simultaneously. I'll spend time with one, and then I'll spend time with the other. Finishing takes whatever time it takes.
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Job creators should be able to focus on their work - not on Washington's busy-work.
