Peter Straub Quotes
An average working day begins at 8 or 9 am, includes an hour for lunch, and ends at 5 or 6 pm.
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There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.
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I never thought I'd be an actor.
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I just love the hours of the theatre, I love the way it operates. I always say that when you're doing a play it's like getting a shot of B12, and when you do television for a long series you need a shot of B12.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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My own experience, though, as a business executive and as a governor, tells me that businesses are interested in a lot more than a low tax rate when they decide where to locate.
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The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.
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I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.
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If you don't vote, you don't count.
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I think often times on Joss Whedon's shows he can make you hate a character for a period and then love the character. He does it effortlessly.
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I say that human nature is the original beginning and the raw material, and deliberate effort is what makes it patterned, ordered, and exalted.
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I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.
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Denying our courts the ability to hear oil-related cases of great consequence to our environment and our economy is completely the wrong direction to protect the rights of Floridians.
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You get perspective on things when you're away from your child, and in a way, your love for them becomes even deeper.
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Buying found objects means repurposing something that was already made years before, sometimes decades before. It strikes a nice balance between the new and used equation we should strive for in our lives.
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I play guitar, the ukulele and the piano. I grew up on a mountain in Tennessee, and we had 'The Mountain Opry,' where anyone could just get up on stage to perform. It was just about the soul and heart of music. My upbringing was less about being great and more about just doing what you love. It was always for joy.
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I don't think one should attribute the success and failure of a film to a single actor. When you decide to do a film, you weigh the pros and cons before taking a call. Only when you run out of patience, get insecure, and feel your career is heading nowhere do you sign anything that comes your way.
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You want me to tell me the truth or do you want me to stroke you?
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A Poet, Naturalist, and Historian,Who left scarcely any style of writing untouched,And touched nothing that he did not adorn.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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I work twice as hard as everybody else.
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I always grapple with myself, from job to job, 'Is this going to make an impact in some way?'
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We've always decided ourselves what we wanted to put out as our singles and that sort of things.
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An average working day begins at 8 or 9 am, includes an hour for lunch, and ends at 5 or 6 pm.
