Peter T. King Quotes
When things did go wrong for the IRA, when civilians were killed, I tried to put it in context, not defend it.
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I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves.
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The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.
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I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about them, and people have to tell me to shut up before I get out pictures of them.
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I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.
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I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.
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I run a fast pace on my sets, man. I like the energy of the scene to be the energy on the set. I think it affects the actors, and I think it affects the crew. There's that sensation like you're really shooting it for real, like in a documentary.
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I don't want anybody to feel like they're different.
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I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.
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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk.
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I think Mickey Gall's going to be really good.
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In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Karimov in what human rights groups are calling a massacre.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
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There are two rules I've always tried to live by: turn left, if you're supposed to turn right; go through any door that you're not supposed to enter. It's the only way to fight your way through to any kind of authentic feeling in a world beset by fakery.
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People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent.
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People don't listen to one radio station. On iTunes you can mix different worlds and bring country and pop and folk and live music together with a mass audience. I could have sung 'Easy' in a country way but I just sang it how I sing. I think it's a really nice blend.
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I rise near dawn, make a strong cup of coffee, wander to my desk and come fully awake by reading something written the day before.
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The regulation of medicine has been a State function.
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For a while I had a blues band in L.A., but I realized I was too optimistic to play the blues. I did not have the misery in my heart that the blues required.
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Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
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I tried to do a comic strip. I came close, and I met with Universal Press Syndicate in Kansas City, but ultimately, they did not go with my strip.
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When things did go wrong for the IRA, when civilians were killed, I tried to put it in context, not defend it.
