I. L. Peretz Quotes
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I love dressing up.
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Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.
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I miss singing. I did Broadway forever.
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By age seven, I used to comb my hair for performances, just pull my hair up into a bun. Granted, it wasn't a very intricate hairstyle. Still, to be that responsible and disciplined at age seven is unusual.
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Most vegetarians I ever see looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.
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The "pursuit of happiness" is responsible for a good part of the ills and miseries of the modern world.
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I don't sign contracts for my books.
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Censorship may be useful for the preservation of morality, but can never be so for its restoration.
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I need the information and then I can go. So, as long as I have the information and a little bit of sleep, I can do the rest.
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You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then - to learn.
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I want us all to fulfill our greatest potential. To find our calling, and summon the courage to live it.
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I think that Canada is one of the most impressive countries in the world, the way it has managed a diverse population, a migrant economy. The natural beauty of Canada is extraordinary. Obviously there is enormous kinship between the United States and Canada, and the ties that bind our two countries together are things that are very important to us.
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Don't let them get you down. Be cheeky. And wild. And wonderful.
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The day will probably come when you can tell everything about a person from his dreams except his age and weight.
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My mother, she smiles when I come around now. My daughter's eatin' decent meals and she's in private school. She's 4 years old. She started school. It's a beautiful thing.
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You will fear the darkness only to the extent that you yourself are not providing light.
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O ay, letters - I had letters - I am persecuted with letters - I hate letters - nobody knows how to write letters; and yet one has 'em, one does not know why - they serve one to pin up one's hair.
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L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.
