Esther Peterson (Esther Eggertsen Peterson) Quotes
I go back to what Mrs. Roosevelt taught me: 'Always compromise, but compromise upwards.'
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To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.
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Oh, I had, 'No one will ever fancy me!' I had that well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. I don't mind the way I'm ageing. No reason to panic just yet. I think I look my age, and that's fine.
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Society becomes how we behave.
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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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When I first started out, I found it really hard to be rejected all the time. You invest in a casting, you prepare and get excited about it, then when I fail and don't get it, it makes me question whether I should be a model.
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Ethel Merman would stay with a show for years and tour with it. So would Mary Martin, the great stars. They recognized the value of that success and nurtured it. Now, you come from Hollywood, you play 12 weeks and go away. I don't think that's the best policy.
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I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.
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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
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I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.
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We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the U.S.A. and China.
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I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.
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For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come to terms with what's happened to the former Yugoslavia.
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The whole Baja California peninsula is an energetic place, and it's incredibly alive.
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He who commands an Apollo flight will not command a second one.
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I have popular support.
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As an expectant mom who is currently self-employed, I'm amazed at just how tied to the workplace maternity benefits are.
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Everybody thinks about Bo Derek as being this extravagant looking lady but she is also a wonderful actress.
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Angels cannot preach the gospel, only beings such as Paul and you and I can preach the gospel.
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There's nothing worse than a brilliant beginning.
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I've got a bit of an independent streak. I'm not afraid of bipartisan compromise on issues that are important to the nation.
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There are no issues that cannot be resolved through dialogue and compromise on the basis of existing legislation and the constitution
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I go back to what Mrs. Roosevelt taught me: 'Always compromise, but compromise upwards.'
