Peter De Vries Quotes

We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through.

Peter De Vries

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 27, 1910 - September 28, 1993

Topics

EarthSeeThroughPutAnother

When you are playing 'Survivor', getting a shelter up immediately is the most important thing.

Jenna Morasca

YouImportantSurvivorUpPlaying

As soon as my trial was over, we tried to use the energy that had developed around my case to create another organization, which we called the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression.

Angela Davis

OrganizationEnergyPoliticalCreate

I've never met him, but I love the simplicity with which Warren Buffett describes good and bad businesses and how he makes his investment decisions.

Steve Easterbrook

LoveGoodSimplicityDecisionsBad

I've always been a conservative first.

Steve Scalise

ConservativeFirstAlwaysBeen

I read 'The Great Gatsby' in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the irrevocability of lost love.

Tom Perrotta

LoveBeautyGreatSchoolHigh School

I have a very close relationship with my daughter.

Ron Cephas Jones

DaughterRelationshipCloseVery

'Mulan' holds a very special place in my heart. It's been 16 years since the film, but hordes of fans still come up and tell me how much she means to them.

Ming-Na Wen

HeartMePlaceSpecialSheTell

An action choreographer is kind of like a dance choreographer. You choreograph the moves and you let the director, cinematographer take into positioning their cameras.

Donnie Yen

DanceActionYouKindDirectorTake

I'm slightly influenced by sport in that I like the idea of trying, like an athlete, to keep absolutely ready. That's an emotional thing, almost. I don't mean physically, although I play tennis. But you try to keep yourself ready.

Colm Toibin

YourselfTryingYouReadyPlayTry

I was allowed to write about race using an elevator metaphor because of Toni Morrison and David Bradley and Ralph Ellison. Hopefully, me being weird allows someone who's 16 and wanting to write inspires them to have their own weird take on the world, and they can see the different kinds of African American voices being published.

Colson Whitehead

MeWorldWeirdAmericanSomeoneSee

Financial advice needs to change according to what is happening in the economy.

Suze Orman

ChangeFinancialAdviceEconomy

You can't let a candidate run for too long. He will be dragged along, cut apart, put back together and ripped to shreds again - from both the political opponents and the media.

Peer Steinbruck

TogetherPoliticalMediaLongYou

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