Peter Saul Quotes
A mistake I've made is I have not worried sufficiently about the art world, really. I have not concerned myself with the other people in the art world. I've been a little too singular, and that's a mistake I've made. But everybody makes a mistake of some kind, and if that's my only mistake, I'm happy.
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
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I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity.
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
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It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
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We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
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Writing is a very intimate thing, especially when you write lyrics and sing them in front of someone for the first time. It's like a really embarrassing situation. To me, singing is almost like crying, and you have to really know someone before you can start crying in front of them.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things.
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Music has always gotten me through life, particularly honest, real music.
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The term 'plus size' is so inaccurate. I'm not plus size; I have never bought an article of clothing that was plus size.
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It's interesting: I've been doing this since I was 17, and it's kind of weird to see yourself grow up on television.
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The Russians sought to interfere with the election process - that the cyber hacking that took place by the Russians was part of that campaign, and that they had a clear preference in terms of outcomes.
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A mistake I've made is I have not worried sufficiently about the art world, really. I have not concerned myself with the other people in the art world. I've been a little too singular, and that's a mistake I've made. But everybody makes a mistake of some kind, and if that's my only mistake, I'm happy.
