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.
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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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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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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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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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Just as eating against one’s will is injurious to health, so studying without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in.1
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If I have one thing perfect, it's my eyebrows. And my feet. I love my feet. They're like Japanese feet. The rest I would like to hide. Especially my freckles. I feel ridiculous.
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My sisters are very academically inclined so whenever they would fix me up, it would always be from someone in their world, people they would find attractive. When they came to the door in suits, it was over.
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There were days when I was on the last $10 in my account, and I was freaking out about paying rent or buying groceries. Then you book a commercial, and you're good for another three months.
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My musical taste is like a 16-year-old girl's when it comes to working out - Rihanna, Black Eyed Peas, Miley Cyrus. I love it all!
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For many years I had heard about an underworld consisting of people who act out a vampire fantasy while I was living in New York. Fortunately for me there are also several books on the phenomena.
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Presidents tend to tinker, you know, and mess everything up.
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I definitely think that, for a woman, the biggest turn-on is the mind. Otherwise, obviously you want someone who keeps up with himself and has self-respect and self-confidence.
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I always want to be racing.
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When it comes to Pakistan, the first word that comes to the mind of the Chinese is 'iron brother.' To us Chinese, Pakistan is always a trustworthy friend who is as solid as iron. Actually, Chinese netizens refer to Pakistan as 'Iron Pak.' This testifies to the strength of China-Pakistan friendship.
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So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goodyYou met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody
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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.
