Peter Yarrow Quotes
We can only move to a long-term resolution regarding terrorism and war by planting seeds of peace. We have to start with ourselves.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.
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I've got bowlegs, so if I do a midcalf look, I look bandy.
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I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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It takes me about a week and a half to really analyze a game - play by play.
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I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.
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When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live.
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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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I will go running when I'm stressed out. The running helps, but more than anything, I'll put music on and then I'll run. I'll cry and get it all out.
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An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.
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The Teenage Cancer Trust does incredible work supporting and caring for teenagers and young adults with cancer, and it's a cause that is really close to me and my family.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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I'm very smart, and I have a great team of people around me investing my money. I'm not buying gold - yet.
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The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.
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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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Render to God what you owe him; recognize the obligations you are under to him.
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The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
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The feeling of being valuable is a cornerstone of self-discipline because when you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself- including things like using your time well. In this way, self-discipline is self-caring.
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Racial segregation must be seen for what it is, and that is an evil system, a new form of slavery covered up with certain niceties of complexity.
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We can only move to a long-term resolution regarding terrorism and war by planting seeds of peace. We have to start with ourselves.
