Peter Temple Quotes
For some men, life seems to be one long attempt to escape childhood and all the fears of childhood. That's what many of us are doing.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.
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I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. It's hard enough to be happy without having legislation against you, too.
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All of the songs my grandparents and parents listened to are called boleros - they're all love songs. They're about giving your heart to a person. It's a culture that is so romantic and passionate, and that's something that I'm very proud of. We grew up with nothing, so we just want to live a life full of love.
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I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports.
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Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.
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I guess I'm in a state of becoming. Even though I've had a full career and I've been around a long time, it's like dinosaurs are coming back. It's all new. I'm having to be on my own and seeing how exciting life can be now.
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You think you're looking at things all the time, but you're not looking at things, you're looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. And who knows what everybody else sees?
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It was sort of that in-between area when people don't talk about their personal lives. That's the kind of life I think Kerry would be living now if it weren't for the Lopez character sort of outing her.
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If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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When you're doing a startup, life is not all roses and rainbows, like you see on Instagram, and killing it.
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I'm engaged to Hollywood. If there's something I find I have to do, I'll do it. Otherwise, I'll just stay home and have a vacation.
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You do show after show after show and get them done and on the air. Television devours material. We work a minimum of 12, 14 hours, and often 15, 18 hours a day.
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If you would attract good fortune, you must get rid of doubt. As long as that stands between you and your ambition, it will be a bar that will cut you off. You must have faith. No man can make a fortune while he is convinced that he can't.
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I get half a million just to show up at parties. My life is, like, really, really fun.
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My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
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He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.
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Hippocrates is an excellent geometer but a complete fool in everyday affairs.
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Up until about a hundred years ago, the world was dark at night. You got to have a real night so you could sleep.
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The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I'm gone.
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I had a friend who introduced me to a meditation practice which involves a couple of half-hours a day of meditation, where essentially you try to achieve a stillness that allows you to just be there in the moment.
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My two style icons are Edie Sedgwick and Brigitte Bardot.
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For some men, life seems to be one long attempt to escape childhood and all the fears of childhood. That's what many of us are doing.
