Peter York Quotes
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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People often call 'If I Stay' my baby novel, and I have to correct them. It's not my first book. It's just the first one anybody paid attention to.
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I immediately called the command center of the Department of Justice to let them know that my wife was on a plane that had been hijacked. I mainly wanted them know there was another hijacked plane out there.
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The fall of 1912 my fielding was above the average, but my hitting was not so good. However, I was the talk of the town because of my peculiar way of catching a fly ball. They later named it the Vest-Pocket Catch.
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You always end up saying and doing such horrible things to your family, 'cause you know they're never going anywhere, and at some point, they're going to forgive you.
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I'm a voracious reader, and I love to throw myself into it.
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(Eating meat) is really on the same moral level as child abuse. It’s the same thing. Animals are like children, they look to us for protection. We should protect them. I really feel quite smug about mad cow disease and foot and mouth and so forth, and I just think ‘Well, what do you expect? People have been saying it for years.'
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Not only are pasta dishes delicious, but they are also great, easy options for a quick dinner during a busy weekday.
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I came over here and worked for rock magazines, and I worked for Rolling Stone, which has a very high standard of journalism, a very good research department.
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I just loved performing. It just made me feel alive. It's scary, but that's part of it. I think it's important to have that extra adrenaline. It gives you that extra zing.
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When I was a child, I wanted to... go into space! To go to Mars. I wanted to explore and explore and explore. I wanted to go to the Lost World in South America - I was heartbroken to discover there were no dinosaurs; I still don't accept it.
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I don't fall in love easily. It's odd; one of the first things I think about when I go out with a woman is what it would be like to be married to her. And yet I have a tough time committing.
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Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat houses.
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When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.
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As you get older it's more confusing. Suddenly, there's more pressure to fit in to your assigned gender.
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I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the world.
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The most important thing I learned was the value of personal friendships and working cooperatively with your peers - the Academy has a saying, 'cooperate to graduate,' and that remains a very important central core in my thinking today.
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Life and the universe compare to each other like a child and a parent, parent and offspring.
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The terms of peace may be negotiated by political leaders, but the fate of peace is up to each of us.
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The secret to getting away with lying, is believing with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more so than lying to another.
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At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.
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Each season I find myself constantly inspired by 'The Biggest Loser' contestants. Their tenacity and willingness to learn new, healthy habits is tremendous and the results speak for themselves. I am honored to be part of such an inspiring program that helps inspire positive change in so many lives.
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I make no apology for preoccupying myself with architecture, television, conceptual art, restaurants and Jane Asher's cakes.
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Chandeliers are marvels of drop-dead showiness, the jewellery of architecture.
