Peter Tork (Peter Halsten Thorkelson) Quotes
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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To steal a term from one of my Twitter followers, 'Deathlok' is the 'anti-villain.' He's on the side of the bad guys, but he obviously doesn't want to be there.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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I still find it strange, I suppose, when I say to someone, 'Can you just pass me my leg?' But I don't ever think about my disability.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.
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I have a garden. We have fresh tomatoes and strawberries. People are different here... People out in California, they grow up quicker. They have a lot of excess, and they have a lot more things than we do here in Hungary. There, they start doing makeup when they're 13, when we would still be out in the countryside making sausage.
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The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very connected to the 14 years I've been on tour with Steel Train, even my band before that, Outline, and then fun. and now Bleachers.
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Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power.
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My inherent belief is that motherhood is pious, and I am humbled by it.
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People want to get to know you. I don't think America got a chance to know me in that short time.
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Tell you the truth, the night before, I don't sleep. It's exciting to be in postseason, you fight one-hitter 62 games, you make it.
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The most fun I've had on 'Burn Notice,' I think it would have to be working with China Chow and Lucy Lawless.
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I'm simple. I love hiking, going to the gym, doing some simple stuff. I love being outdoors, I love bike riding. Just stuff that's fun!
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It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that I enjoy immensely, rather than them being some kind of bread and butter, do it because you have to do it.
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We're trying to tell a very full story of 'Nashville' and these characters in Nashville, and I'm really hopeful that we're going to be able to do something as innovative as 'American Horror Story' and 'Friday Night Lights.' And I think so far, we're on the right path for that.
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During the Holocene, we undoubtedly altered our environment significantly, clearing land, diverting water and building great cities.
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Oh, the most fun thing I've ever been asked to autograph was breasts.
