Peter Gabriel Quotes
It took me three albums to get the confidence and to find out what I could do that made me different from other people. And the first record, really, was a process of trying.
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better.
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I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.
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The 100m taught me a lot and it's given me confidence.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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I don't want to be an action star; action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer.
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Readers appreciate the truth. Why say, 'Some think a situation is a mess?' Based on my reporting, if a situation is a mess, then I say that. The truth is always what reporters tell each other when they get back to the newsroom.
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Not a lot of people have jobs that they're really comfortable with, but I'm one of those people.
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I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.
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Sunseeker is well placed to take full advantage of opportunities in China, one of the world's fastest growing luxury yacht markets.
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I have to say I am a 'Strictly' fan, which is why I am in it. I've always watched it for years. I am not an 'X Factor' fan, and I just think it is a different show. One is about learning something new and having a great time, and the other is rather desperate.
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Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.
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Washington presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and is often credited with its success. But he had no known part in drafting its provisions.
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The Uighurs are a Turkic people more closely related to Uzbeks and Kazakhs than to Chinese.
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I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
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I think of myself as writing realist American fiction. 'Cynical but hopeful' wouldn't be the worst thing I've ever been called.
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Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence.
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I knew what a circle could do. Both eyes focus on it. It stamps itself out, like a dot. This, in turn, causes one's vision to spread, as in a mandala in Tantric art.
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For there are very few so foolish who would not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.
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I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.
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I've always known I was good, but if other people dont think so, it can hurt your confidence.
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It took me three albums to get the confidence and to find out what I could do that made me different from other people. And the first record, really, was a process of trying.
