Peter Wright Quotes
When I look at some of my old work, the pieces I find most interesting are the ones with people in them.
Quotes to Explore
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My experience growing up in a rough and tumble town in the blue-collar world of Western Pennsylvania in the 1970s was that anything a man did was always more important than anything a woman did.
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There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.
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If there is the right opportunity for us to have a big oil play in Congo or somewhere else, we will definitely go for it.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.
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Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.
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The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
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Sometimes, I sit down to sketch at the unearthly hour of 3 in the morning!
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No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
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There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?'
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You have to be able to unleash your inner goofball with me.
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You can educate people on how to preempt their own conflict.
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Everyone is looking for the hack, the secret to success without hard work.
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I had all kinds of food issues, including health concerns and weight concerns.
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I have always been convinced that if a woman once made up her mind to marry a man nothing but instant flight could save him.
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Poet: 'Straton wanders among the Scythian nomads, but has no linen garment. He is sad at only wearing an animal's pelt and no tunic.' Do you get what I mean? Pisthetaerus: I understand that you want me to offer you a tunic. Hi! you (To the acolyte.) take off yours; we must help the poet. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy.
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I like to get away from noise, although I will play noisy music in my car to keep myself awake. But my ears need a rest sometimes. I do enjoy listening to classical music.
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There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut.
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It's really hard to argue that bitcoin doesn't have many legitimate benefits to companies that are legal businesses when you have Dell and Expedia and all these companies now accepting it.
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When I look at some of my old work, the pieces I find most interesting are the ones with people in them.
