Peter Shumlin Quotes
You've got to remember, Vermont is a lot of beautiful mountains with valleys and small brooks that run into bigger rivers.
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There's something about a divorce in that even if your parents still love you, the fact that they can't live with each other makes you feel there's something wrong with you.
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Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.
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I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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Fashion breaks my heart.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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E-commerce is applicable to Russia, just as it's applicable to any other market.
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War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
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My dad met my mom at Casper College in the orientation line. He studied business and eventually transferred to the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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My personal experience has been that in my 25 years of writing, I have not been asked to do more than four or five commercial one-shot scripts. These were performed on major national hook-ups but produced for me no immediate additional jobs or requests. One script for BBC was done around the world with an all-star cast.
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The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.
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I certainly think it's really important that folks in the metropolitan area be able to meet the increased cost of living.
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Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self.
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When you're winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire.
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I've talked to law enforcement officials at the state and local level who say that violence against women is going up. In any case, we think that it's an important issue whether it's going up or not. And we are determined to stop it.
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What would surprise a lot of people about me... I'm a gardener! I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate.
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And as for Ken, Mayor Livingstone, I think you have been a very considerable public servant and a distinguished leader of this city.
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I tend to stay in character between scenes... to be rather serious on set, but here's why, and I think people will find it surprising. I'm one of the worst 'corpses' on a movie set, which means you can't keep a straight face. You start to get the giggles and you can't stop.
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Often, the disparities in the ways men and women are treated are subtle; there are not these clear barriers that you have to break down.
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If I or any other black can deliver at the box office, I'll get a lot of work. Too many young actors, regardless of their color, try to play an attitude on camera and fail to remember their job is to fit into an entertainment.
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You've got to remember, Vermont is a lot of beautiful mountains with valleys and small brooks that run into bigger rivers.
