H. Burke Peterson Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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We have such little mystery in our lives generally because of how we live now. I mean, of course, mystery is all around us, but the way we live our lives now, we're too busy to be bothered with it.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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I would like for people to hear my music and hear/realize that people and experiences are deeper than what's at face value. Hopefully, with the span of my career, I can try to convey that in more ways than one.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.
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I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability.
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I've been very lucky.
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I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.
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I'm the one in the band that said I'm not going on tour unless we do a record.
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Adequacy is sufficient.
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Just being in the gym every day with someone with goals in common is special.
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Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
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I have a strong affinity for animals.
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I think it is very important to build the moral fibre of the youth. Moral education should be part of the curriculum, and I will work towards introducing that.
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I find myself really privileged to be able to go in and look at a set that the likes of Hollywood can provide, and say, 'My God, look at the craftsmanship in this; look at the ambition in it, the scale of it.'
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During the sole argument we had when Chelsea was in high school, the subject of which I don't even remember, I looked at her and said, 'As long as you're in this house, being president is my second most important job'.
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Anyone who has raised more than one child knows full well that kids turn out the way they turn out - astonishingly, for the most part, and usually quite unlike their siblings, even their twins, raised under the same flawed rooftree. Little we have done or said, or left undone and unsaid, seems to have made much mark. It's hubris to suppose ourselves so influential; a casual remark on the playground is as likely to change their lives as any dedicated campaign of ours. They come with much of their own software already in place, waiting, and none of the keys we press will override it.
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I've gone for long stretches without working. I remember many times peeking into my checkbook to see if any money was left.
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Let us remember: trials are an evidence of a Father's love.
