Peter Quotes - Page 3

• Grown-up politicians talk to each other across party lines. Over the last few weeks I have had lengthy conversations with Ed Miliband, David Miliband, with Tony Blair, with Peter Mandelson... talking about Europe, talking about political reform.

  Nick Clegg

  Party, Talking, Europe

  "Nick Clegg: parents can use pension pots to help young people buy property" by Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2012.

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• In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.'

  Phil Collins

  Song, Gabriel, Saws

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• If Peter was nine, and a new boy came to St. Norbert’s Home for Wayward Boys who said he was ten, why, then, Peter would declare himself eleven. Also, he could spit the farthest. That made him the undisputed leader.

  Dave Barry

  Home, Boys, Leader

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• I actually never knew Peter Green but I do respect his early work very much.

  Ken Hensley

  Green, Early Work

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• I'm doing a new musical on Broadway, which opens in October called The Boy from Oz, where I play Peter Allen. For those of you who don't know, he became first famous in America for marrying Liza Minelli.

  Hugh Jackman

  Boys, Play, America

  Interview with Michelle Zoromski, www.ign.com. April 29, 2003.

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• I think that Peter Jennings is the only decent one of the big three.

  Alexander Payne

  Thinking, Three, Bigs

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• Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.

  Val Kilmer

  Actors, Brilliant, Comedic

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• This is truly a blessing. Breyon Prescott, Peter Edge and Tom Corson believe in me and have introduced me to a home that also believes and knows exactly what to do with the type of music I'm doing.

  Brandy Norwood

  Believe, Home, Blessing

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• I'm a comedic actor, not to mix words, but it's something I think about. A comedic actor. I like to think that Christopher Guest, Phil Hartman, Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness are comedic actors. And Dan Aykroyd, too. Those are my heroes.

  Mike Myers

  Hero, Thinking, Actors

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• Dad loved movies and I grew up with British comedy. My ultimate favourite is Peter Sellers.

  Mike Myers

  Dad, Comedy, Favourite

  "Mike Myers: My family values". Interview with Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. July 2, 2010.

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• Comedy. It was just huge in my house. Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, Monty Python and all those James Bond movies were highly regarded.

  Mike Myers

  Python, Ties, House

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• And as far as actors go, Peter Sellers is my all-time favorite.

  Demetri Martin

  Actors, All Time, Sellers

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I read a lot of literary theory when I was in graduate school, especially about novels, and the best book I ever read about endings was Peter Brooks' 'Reading for the Plot. '

  Lev Grossman

  Reading, Book, School

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• We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Believe, Rabbits, Potters

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• Enough talk," Peter said, and his eyes flashed. "It's time to turn you three into killers.

  Brom

  Eye, Three, Killers

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• Don't drop him," said Peter's mother to his father. "Don't you dare drop him." She was laughing. "I will not," said his father. "I could not." For he is Peter Augustus Duchene, and he will always return to me. Again and again, Peter's father threw him up in the air. Again and again, Peter felt himself suspended in nothingness for a moment, just a moment, and then he was pulled back, returned to the sweetness of the earth and the warmth of his father's waiting arms. "See?" said his father to his mother. "Do you see how he always comes back to me?

  Kate DiCamillo

  Mother, Father, Air

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• The thought of eating rabbit and squirrels doesn't appeal to me. And that was on our table quite often as a kid. In your uppity restaurants, they serve a lot of rabbit. But I just can't help but think of Peter. And deer, I can't go there, because of Bambi.

  Paula Deen

  Kids, Thinking, Squirrels

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• I have always been a great fan of Peter Chan and many other great directors who specialize in anything outside of action.

  Donnie Yen

  Fans, Directors, Action

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• Back in the 1960s, I saw Peter, Paul and Mary. I was at that age, about 14, and I was mesmerized.

  Lucinda Williams

  Age, Saws, Mary

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• I saw 'Tintin' in Europe - it is 'Indiana Jones' on steroids. Unbelievable. What a fantastic movie. Steven Spielberg, you rock the house. And working with those young English guys like Edgar Wright, and also Peter Jackson; what a great combination.

  Harvey Weinstein

  Rocks, Europe, House

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• Spider-Man's probably my favorite. You see, Batman is a billionaire and there's nothing really cool about a billionaire saving the world. But Spider-Man is Peter Parker, a conflicted character who puts on a suit and saves the world. I love that.

  Zac Efron

  Character, Men, Suits

  "Zac on dating & dancing". Interview, www.seventeen.com. November 22, 2006.

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• Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.

  Jonathan Swift

  Hate, Animal, Men

  Letter to Alexander Pope, 29 Sept. 1725

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• When we were filming, I thought that I was Peter Pan, you know? I thought I was the coolest kid in the world, so I wound up being the coolest kid in the world.

  Jeremy Sumpter

  Kids, World, Knows

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My friends are Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, and we're singing about mortality, getting older. It's an interesting time.

  Sting

  Interesting, Singing, Getting Older

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• Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.

  Sting

  Growing Up, Rocks, Rock N Roll

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