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Peter Carey Quotes

The failure of the U.S.'s foreign adventures often seems to have its roots in the U.S.'s total ignorance of things on the ground, of the countries that they fiddle with.

Peter Carey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: australian
Birth: May 7, 1943

Topics

Failure Ignorance Roots Ground Seems

Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.

Jim Backus

Success Wife Man First Second Owes

I grew up watching people and companies commercialize Black History Month. I watched old McDonald's commercials, and they'd blacken up the commercials for 28 days then go back to normal in March. It got annoying to me.

Jermaine Fowler

History People Me Black Back Go

From the beginning of the presidential nominating conventions in the 1830's really through the 1950's, you had conventions that actually did real business.

Michael Beschloss

Business Beginning You Real Through

I've played with jazz and toyed with it when I used to live near the St. Nicholas Pub in Harlem.

Amanda Seales

Live Jazz Used Pub Harlem Played

It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.

Tony Snow

Music Mistake Everything Anything

When you buy my books, you kind of know what you're in for. It's kind of self-selecting. If you have a delicate sensibility, and you're easily grossed out, you probably will never read one of my books.

Mary Roach

You Know Kind Will Never Out

If you aren't creeped out by the No Birth Control Left Behind rhetoric of the White House and Planned Parenthood, you aren't listening closely enough. The anesthetic of progressive benevolence always dulls the senses. Wake up.

Michelle Malkin

Listening Control Wake Up Enough You

I've found that if I limit my talking, just everyday talking, a couple of days before I have to sing, my voice is stronger. That really is about the only precaution that I take: I try to rest it as much as possible and keep the nutritional value of my food up.

Johnny Mathis

Food Value Rest Voice Talking Limit

None of us is quite as Christlike as we know we should be.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Know Us None Quite Should

I've broken probably every major bone in my body. I currently have, in my body, fifteen pins and a plate. I've broken my femur, both wrists, both ankles - my left ankle twice. My tibia. Tore my rotator cuff.

Donald Trump, Jr.

Broken Body Bone Twice Left Plate

It's hard not to love Roomba. Roomba had such an amazing impact on the field. When we launched, we asked people, 'Is it a robot?' and got an overwhelming no - 'robots' have arms and legs; they command data. There was a very strong perception that robots had to look like people.

Colin Angle

Love People Amazing Perception Data

My family - my brothers and I especially - like dinners out and are really adventurous with food.

Colin Donnell

Family Food Adventurous Out Like