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Peter Doig Quotes

I love Trinidad and I love living there, but it's quite harsh.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: artist
Nationality: scottish
Birth: 1959

Topics

Love Living Quite Harsh I Love

My father owned pit bulls when I was young. He sometimes fought them. My brother and a lot of the men in my community owned pit bulls as well: sometimes they fought them for honor, never for money.

Father Community Money Men Brother

That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city.

City Congress Resources Provide

As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.

Romantic Men Think Everything Far

Our economic model allows us to invest a disproportionate amount in our food costs. We have a very efficient system: customers go through a single line, the people who serve you are the ones who make the food, and our menu board is not cluttered.

Food People You Go Single Line

As a kid, I always had my nose buried in the side of a cereal box.

Kid Always Box Side Nose Cereal

When you explain to people what you're trying to do, as opposed to just making demands or delegating tasks, you can build instant trust, even if it's just for that short time you're on the phone.

Time Trust People Short Trying You

It doesn't even matter if I don't win a self-gold - after every meet, I have pizza. Pepperoni pizza.

Pizza Win Meet Matter Even Every

How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear.

Fear Live Myself You Train Become

And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that I could never have sustained a personal relationship while I worked this hard, or while I was that driven this intensely by the story.

Christiane Amanpour

Relationship Story Personal Never

Writing 'The Spirit' is really fun.

Brian Azzarello

Fun Writing Spirit Really

The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.

Car Son Parents Me Game Proud

Seeing how dumb and stupid they often are, I just couldn't imagine minions being girls.

Stupid Seeing Dumb Imagine Just How

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