Peter Tork (Peter Halsten Thorkelson) Quotes
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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I love the idea of getting up early on Sundays and walking to the market to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables. It's a good way to start my day, and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something before other people are even awake.
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I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
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I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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You have to treat Hollywood like it's your boyfriend - he's there all the time.
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I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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I think the thing I'd like to do is just educate the people to some of the travesties they can end.
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To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.
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There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.
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I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day.
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You do indeed have a past, but not now! And, yes, you have a future, but not now! You can consume your now with thoughts of 'then' and 'maybe,' but that will keep you from the inner peace you could experience.
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Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.
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I always worked mostly in Quebec. I never thought of the States, somehow. I don't know - I don't have blue eyes or blond hair. I thought I didn't fit with the stereotype of America.
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Rooting for the offense is the safe way to go. You win either way.
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Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
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I grew up in Kentucky, so we do not have a pro team. My family was split between the Cubs and the Reds. I would say I go Cubs usually. That's sort of where I grew up. My older brother was a huge Reds fan.
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I would like to think I'm a good secret-keeper, when it comes to friends. I'm quite loyal like that.
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Being-alone is a deficient mode of being-with; its possibility is a proof for the latter.
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One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.
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Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
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I like to listen the blues and some classical.
