Peter Wright Quotes

I used to paint landscapes without any people in them but now I paint people who happen to be in a particular place. They might be outside a pub, or on a beach or in a studio. They might have clothes on or they might not.

Peter Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: celebrity
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: August 9, 1916 - April 27, 1995

Topics

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We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

Jim DeMint

FreedomHistoryPastFreeKnowOwn

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.

John Ciardi

FatherHopeTimeParentHouseOpen

Each cartoon needs the right amount of wrong.

Robert Mankoff

WrongRightCartoonNeedsEach

Does fiction, artistic writing, have much of a future? I must say it's on the way out.

John Updike

FutureWritingSayWayOutFiction

The dramatic rise of Turkey in the councils of world power was one of the main geopolitical developments of 2010.

Stephen Kinzer

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The Grail is the womb of the beloved.

Robert Anton Wilson

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The EPA could act to open the transportation-fuel market to vigorous competition from natural gas as well as coal, biomass, and trash, by legalizing methanol. This would force oil prices down, expand the economy, and create millions of jobs.

Robert Zubrin

CompetitionDownCreateTrashOil

Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does.

Michael Shermer

SoulDeathEvidenceEitherDoes

My wife, Dixie, is evangelical Christian. We met in the Reagan White House, when she was a student intern. We're members of the Horizon Christian Fellowship Church.

Dinesh D'Souza

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The English may love gardening and fishing, but they have never struck me as being close to nature. Their way of expression is 'the hollyhocks are awfully good' sort of thing, all done in very good taste. The savagery of nature is something they don't dwell upon.

Denholm Elliott

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So, it takes a lot of chance and luck. I mean I was lucky enough to get in the program where people with the same skills never made it to the program. So keep trying.

Philippe Perrin

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The British film industry has always tried to sell itself as something rather sophisticated. It's almost as if it thinks it is by royal command. It has always tried to claim the high ground, not only over Hollywood but over the whole of humanity!

Peter Capaldi

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