Peter York Quotes

Across the Atlantic, commercial therapy of all kinds provides so many more comfortable outlets for people when they are under pressure. The English tradition is to get a grip, whereas the American version is to get in touch with your feelings, to say: 'I'm a good person. Isn't it terrible when bad things happen to people like me?'

Peter York

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GoodPeopleMePressureAmerican

If Jesus came back today, I think he'd throw up.

Jesse Ventura

TodayThinkBackUpThrowHe

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

BelieveWishNeverFurtherThan

If you can not master your language you must be it's slave.

Jenny Weber

LanguageYouMasterSlaveMustYour

I just want to be able surf everything - from big waves to small waves.

John John Florence

SmallWavesWantEverythingBig

The realm of immediate or personal knowledge is a narrow circle in which these bodies move; the realm of knowledge derived through faith is as wide as the universe, and old as eternity.

Matthew Simpson

FaithKnowledgeUniverseCircleOld

With my son, falling off his bike is usually what makes him upset, so a hug goes a long way. But girls are more complicated; my daughter will get bummed out because her friend hurt her feelings. In that case, we'll talk about it. I'll tell her that she's a great friend, and that she needs to talk to her friends about it.

Summer Sanders

FriendSonDaughterGreatBikeHurt

I have the life of seven cats.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

LifeCatsSeven

When I was very little my mother would read to me in bed. She gave me a fascination for stories, and for the music in words.

Michael Morpurgo

MotherMusicWordsMeBedShe

When I create characters, I create a world to inhabit and they begin to feel very real for me. I don't belong in a psych ward, I don't think, but they become very real, like my own family, and then I have to say goodbye, close the door, and work on other things.

Lois Lowry

WorkFamilyMeDoorGoodbyeWorld

At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book.

Anne McCaffrey

AgeBookEnergySomeoneHelpI Can

It's really irrelevant, but I wouldn't want to be stick thin. It's better to have bit of fat on your face when you get older.

Alison Moyet

FaceBetterFatYouWantStick

Over the years, I've become barraged by comments from people, such as, 'Beam me up, Scotty!' and I became defensive. I felt they were derisive and engendered an attitude. I am grateful for the success, but didn't want to be mocked.

William Shatner

SuccessAttitudeGratefulI AmMe

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