Calvin Peete Quotes
Until Lee Elder, the only blacks at the Masters were caddies or waiters. To ask a black man what he feels about the traditions of the Masters is like asking him how he feels about his forefathers who were slaves.
Quotes to Explore
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Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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You cannot get PTSD from reading a book or from hearing a story, even repeated stories over and over.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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Working with Barneys, and choosing the looks, I was thinking about whether a real woman would buy this outfit and feel beautiful and comfortable.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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My mom taught me from a young age to give back and volunteer any chance you get. It was something that I knew, if I made the NFL, I would financially have the ability to do.
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When I was very young, I wanted to be a girl. I was jealous that girls got to be princesses and wear skirts. It tormented me. When I was 6, I even heard that you could change your sex, and I was very intrigued until the moment I realized that if I changed into a girl, I would be an ugly girl, and this is the last thing I wanted to be.
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O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
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When I travel, I just take what I need and I run. I always have my briefcase stuffed with work, even when I go on a holiday.
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I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I spent years commuting into London when I was working as a temp, and I hated the monotony of it.
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I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.
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There are times when I'm driving home after a day's shooting, thinking to myself, That scene would've been so much better if I had written it out.
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If I am going to trash others for their dumb predictions, I must at least hold myself to the same sort of accountability.
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One of the biggest misconceptions that has been thrown out there is the fact that I started on Vine.
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I got beat up sometimes in the girls' bathroom.
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The five stages - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance - are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. But they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief.
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Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
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A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.
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There are varied experiences of overweight women throughout the country; theres not just one experience.
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Until Lee Elder, the only blacks at the Masters were caddies or waiters. To ask a black man what he feels about the traditions of the Masters is like asking him how he feels about his forefathers who were slaves.
