Peter Abrahams Quotes

Tribal man is not an individual in the western sense. Psychologically and emotionally, he is the present living personification of a number of forces, among the most important of which are the ancestral dead.

Peter Abrahams

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I still don't get stopped about anything else anywhere near as much as 'Skins.' The remarkable thing that I've noticed is how far that show has traveled: it's aired all over the world.

Joe Dempsie

WorldTraveledOverHow FarAnything

I was raised on the Southside of Chicago, and my whole family was musically-inclined.

Jeremih

FamilyChicagoI Was RaisedWhole

'Pied Piper' came to me all at once; I wanted to do a fairy-tale movie with some edge, but not 'dark,' per se.

Max Landis

MeDarkEdgeSomeMovieOnce

In 1874, Mary Fraser accompanied her husband Hugh to Hong Kong, arriving hours after a typhoon had wrecked the island. Some 10,000 boat families had drowned in the harbour. There was no way to avoid the bloated bodies, and when Mary disembarked, she felt her foot land on something soft.

Amanda Foreman

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Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia.

Trevor Dunn

I AmNowCollectingObsessedAm

Last night I neglected to mention something that bears repeating.

Ron Fairly

NightLast NightSomethingLast

I stand second to none in condemning sexual harassment of women.

Maryanne Trump Barry

WomenStandHarassmentNoneSecond

Our sense of worth, of well-being, even our sanity depends upon our remembering. But, alas, our sense of worth, our well-being, our sanity also depend upon our forgetting.

Joyce Appleby

WorthWell-BeingDependRemembering

I do know the Spelling family. I worked for Aaron Spelling when I was a brunette. I've known them since Tori was a little girl.

Loni Anderson

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Then as now, whatever disagreements over policies existed among Americans - and there were many such bitter policy disputes - the purposes and goals for which Americans fought were clearly understood.

Allen Weinstein

GoalsNowOverWhateverClearly

The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government.

Peter Camejo

GovernmentDemocracyUpUnitedIraq

I grew up listening to Switchfoot. I love Switchfoot; they're a great band. John Foreman is awesome. I really dig mainstream pop music, but I also have a heart for jazz and rock. Oh! Coldplay! I cannot miss Coldplay! I think 'Fix You' is one of the most brilliantly written songs ever. It's, like, my favorite song of all time.

Shane Harper

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