Peter Tork (Peter Halsten Thorkelson) Quotes
Where there is clarity, there is no choice. And where there is choice, there is misery. But then, why should I speak, since I know nothing?Peter Tork The Monkees
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I want a place where I can have horses.
Laura Branigan -
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
W. Clement Stone -
Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
T. J. Miller -
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.
Fat Joe -
Most artists, their 60th show was in front of no one. My first show was in front of 1,200 people.
Halsey
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
Nancy Sinatra -
I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.
Camilla Belle -
I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
Randall Munroe -
You try to pull away the experiences until you get to the core of humanity, and you find that light that exists in everybody. It's that light that I'm searching for in all of my work - is that connective thing, that ether that enters all of us - you know what I mean? That's a part of God.
Forest Whitaker -
How does one measure the success of a museum?
J. Paul Getty -
I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
N. T. Wright
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I grew up in Pittsburgh, and regularly, my parents would take us to the Holiday House Supper Club to see acts like Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, Ben Vereen, Freda Payne, Stephanie Mills, and The Temptations, to name a few.
Tamara Tunie -
My family were very poor. I am one of nine siblings: two girls and seven boys. Only my brother and I play in Europe, and then three more work in Europe, and another plays in Tunisia. This family is a footballing family, but our lives have not always been good.
Yaya Toure -
By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas.
Kate Reardon -
So the storm passed and every one was happy.
Kate Chopin -
Success is so bad for everybody, period. Especially a certain kind of success, when people practically give up their identity. They forget who they are, how they are.
Jack Dunphy -
My style, in terms of what I wear, is kind of representative of the music.
Sam Hunt
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A penny saved is two pence clear.
Benjamin Franklin -
'Didn't Frankenstein get married?'Did he?' said Eggy. 'I don't know. I never met him. Harrow man, I expect.'
P. G. Wodehouse -
When you're going off to Iraq, your horizons become more short term.
Mark Lippert -
A lot of times the best trailers are for complete dogshit movies. It's a shame that people are beyond quick to judge things these days. Lots of great stuff gets lost that way.
Rob Zombie -
My unhealthiest habit is that I like eating white bread and butter. I don't know why, I just ate it as a kid. It's weird but I love it. My healthiest? I make a really good quinoa, chickpea and tahini lemon dressing salad, or I make a really bomb green smoothie.
Courtney Eaton -
Where there is clarity, there is no choice. And where there is choice, there is misery. But then, why should I speak, since I know nothing?
Peter Tork The Monkees