Peter V. Brett Quotes
I'll take my chances with this life all the same. The next one will find you no matter where you run. No sense chasing it.
Quotes to Explore
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Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.
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Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.
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I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.
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In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to get used to the idea of being sick before I could think about making any other major decisions in my life.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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I am normally afraid of birds and have never dreamt of any bird in my life.
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My parents are my major supporters. I look up to Denzel Washington, Jack Nicholson and Jim Carrey. They have all opened my mind and helped me with my craft.
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When you're shooting a movie, it's two months of your life usually. You don't really have time to see anybody else. Your friends are put on hold while you're shooting, and what you have is the family that you create on set.
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I don't like being lied to.
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He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block itself.
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'Summon him forth,' instructed the Will. 'Let justice be meted out. There is much to do, you know, Arthur.' 'You'd think we could 'ave a cup of tea and biscuit first,' muttered Suzy.
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Step by step, let whatever happens happen. Real change will come when it is brought about, not by your ego, but by reality. Awareness releases reality to change you.
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People that want to talk can talk. Even a parrot talks. People are always going to have their thoughts on what they're going to say.
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I think good comedy is a commitment to the absurd in that the situation for the actors should be virtually played like a drama.
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It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves.
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One out of three hundred and twelve Americans is a bore, for instance, and a healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.
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I'm an old man at 54, without teeth, and with rheumatism.
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I worked on 'Blue Peter' and 'Tonight' and lots of TV plays, filmed people like Rudolf Nureyev and Ted Heath, and ended up a senior cameraman with my own crew. I'd had my first short story published in 1947, and when my writing really started to take off I decided to go freelance, and eventually left the BBC in 1965.
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This idea of shared humanity and the connections that we make with one another - that's what, in fact, makes life worth living.
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I'll take my chances with this life all the same. The next one will find you no matter where you run. No sense chasing it.
