Peter Stormare Quotes
I have the luxury of being a little boy... To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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The moment in which you make somebody laugh, you're only doing it to make them laugh and be happy. Then afterward you can be like, 'Oh, I just want the attention. I feel so good that everybody's listening to me and I got the approval that I need.'
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The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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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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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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I would have been completely brainwashed by this lopsided and racist view of the world if it weren't for my father. He was a deep thinker and an irrepressible problem solver. He was a Black Socrates, asking why and then spoiling ready-made replies.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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You can observe a lot by watching.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but also implement the principles of respecting and promoting human rights.
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I'd love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he's a great songwriter.
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The people who are the most successful in life are not stopped by fear.
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Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic.
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You can easily take photographs at a wedding - no one would question it. But funerals are different.
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There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time.
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We have an energy about us that's so unique and so intense, and it's because of how much power we have in us as individuals, being confident, harnessing that power, and wanting to share that with other women.
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I've been fortunate that my career has developed through on-the-job training.
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We've all grown up not the same, but with very similar morals and values. We know how it is. We know not to talk about anyone's mother and sister.
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I have the luxury of being a little boy... To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting.
