Peter Tork (Peter Halsten Thorkelson) Quotes
I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.
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It's nice to get any awards, whether it's lifetime achievement or the Keith Richards award for being alive one more year.
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I've often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics is part of reality, history in the making. Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics.
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If Joy Behar or Sherri Shepherd was a dude, they'd be off TV. They're not funny enough for dudes. What if Roseanne Barr was a dude? Think we'd know who she was?
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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I got beat up up in Texas because my bootlaces were the wrong color.
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My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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I'm really boring. I get up early. I go to bed early. I don't smoke or drink. I mean, I'll eat a cupcake. I'm just not a crazy, stay-out-all-night sort of person. I love writing.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise.
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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I do not like violence.
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We have to take care of ourselves if we are going to take care of anyone else properly.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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I'd work for John Waters again, because he's so off the wall.
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I'm very moody, so I dress for whatever mood I'm in. Sometimes I want to be a little more boyish and flowy and comfortable. Sometimes I want to feel a little sexier and more composed.
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I used to work in kitchens, doing 12 or more hours a day of physical labor, so today, eight to 12 hours of cooking, chatting or filming feels like a vacation. When I have a scheduled 'day off,' I spend several hours writing, then I clean until I crash from fatigue. I don't relax well.
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God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.
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We live in a society that celebrates familial connection above any other kind of relationship. We are shown photos of our great-grandparents and encouraged to marvel over facial similarities. We are told to take pride in our bloodlines, celebrate our ancestry.
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The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope.
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'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' was surprisingly easy and fun to write because I was feeling such strong emotions.
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The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who lead, who grow and who make an impact . . . those people have goals.
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I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.
