Peter Porter Quotes

You can never tell when an artist really will take up someone's work and work with it happily.

Peter Porter

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WorkSomeoneYouArtistWillNever

My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that has never quite left them. They are often isolated, introspective people, often confrontational or anarchic in some way, often damaged or secretly unhappy or incomplete.

Joanne Harris

PastPeopleUnhappyMeaningBecome

Isn't it strange that its easier to be gentle with the feelings of people we care less about than those of our children, whom we love so much?

Stephanie Martson

LoveChildrenPeopleCareFeelings

Whoever would have guessed that in the land of cheap sausages and mashed potatoes there could be such a change which would actually bring the French from Paris every weekend to invade Britain en masse to eat great food and drink great wine.

Robin Leach

ChangeGreatFoodWineWeekendLand

I've always been shy.

Miuccia Prada

ShyAlwaysBeen

Unless you're making Marvel movies, I think CGI usually suffers, especially in mid-budget-range horror movies where you see CGI.

Jason Blum

ThinkYouMoviesHorrorSeeWhere

It's what I do well - I write about things that make people uncomfortable. That's probably the only thing I do better than my peers.

Janis Ian

PeopleBetterUncomfortableWrite

I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I did with my life.

Don McLean

LifeMusicPeopleMeMy LifeDid

I prefer film to TV because of the amount of time film affords you that TV doesn't (though theater is probably my favorite and the scariest place of all).

Don Cheadle

TimeYouPlaceFilmBecauseTheater

Although designers continue to dream of 'transparency' - technologies that just do their job without making their presence felt - both creators and audiences actually like technologies with 'personality.'

Brian Eno

PersonalityJobDreamTransparency

When I was 16 years old, I joined a drama group called North Queensland Academy of Dramatic Art under a woman called Maggie Shephard-King. She inspired me to audition for the role of Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

Brenton Thwaites

ArtWomanMeDramaGroupShe

The objective of the demonstrators is to win the affection of the armed agents of the government. Most of the Kiev police have now pledged their support for the people.

Bob Schaffer

PoliceGovernmentSupportPeopleWin

Life is much weirder than fiction; nothing's more absurd.

Peter Mullan

LifeNothingMoreFictionAbsurd

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