Collin Peterson Quotes
People don't like the government telling them what to do or telling them how to live their lives.
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
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The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.
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I don't want to be known for someone that's good-looking. I want to be known as someone who is one of the best midfielders. That's my thing.
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The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
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Everywhere I go, from malls to restaurants to sold-out tours overseas and back, everywhere I've been, I get nothing but love.
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The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.
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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
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Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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I studied really hard. But Hollywood never appreciated my talent.
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India is a regional power. It does not need anything to establish it.
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If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.
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I think I'm a people person. I get very attached to people. And I've become so attached to all the people on my show, the cast, the crew and the producers.
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The writer, the poet, the novelist, are all creators. This does not mean that they invent language; it means that they use language to create beauty, ideas, images. This is why we cannot do without them.
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Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
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Honestly, I'm willing to experiment with far more variety in roles than I'm given. But ultimately, it's the producer's decision. But, I've done a variety of roles - the evil don, the evil husband... I've done villainous roles, supporting roles, etc.
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And yet, I wake up every day to a sensation of pervading disgust and annoyance. I probably ought to carry around some kind of thermometer or other instrument, to keep checking that I am not falling prey to premature curmudgeonhood.
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There was never an age in which useless knowledge was more important than in our own.
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I would rather have the costs of consumer goods and restaurants - products we as consumers can choose to buy or not buy - go up and the need for public services go down.
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The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us.
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Everyone around me says, You're a genius! You're great! That's your voice! But I'm not sure if they're right.
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I don't ever think of myself as coming from a particular class because my father was working class but made his living as a newspaper foreign correspondent - someone of no fixed abode, as he used to say - who was as comfortable dining with the Mountbattens in India as he was having a pint with the boys. He was very gregarious.
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People don't like the government telling them what to do or telling them how to live their lives.
