Peter Doig Quotes

I don't think money can help you become a better painter, for sure. You can have all the studios you want; it won't help you make a better painting.

Peter Doig

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I didn't read Western novels much until I was in my twenties, but I had a diet of them on film and TV, as well as other things, of course.

Joe R. Lansdale

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If you look at the creative economy in this country, it's per capita way bigger than any other in the world.

Melvyn Bragg

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But the path you end up on means that you have to close a lot of doors, too.

John Slattery

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What I like most about track is the feeling I get inside after a good run.

Steve Prefontaine

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I'm a hedonist.

Tommy Lee Jones

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Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such elan and style.

Tom Brokaw

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To shuck oysters, you'll need an oyster knife, a handy tool with a sturdy handle and a short, rigid blade which you can pick up for about ten bucks in a kitchenware shop or fish market. A quick trip online will yield any number of videos and slide shows with step-by-step instructions on how to shuck an oyster.

Tom Douglas

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I found out I had a real love for comedy and comedy writing. The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians, so I thought I might as well try a field that had fewer competitors than the field I was in, which was acting, singing and dancing.

Rita Rudner

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I'm so into music that I just stop and listen, whenever there's music on. That's the problem with being a musician for so long. I can get lost in the bassline, fascinated with the arrangement, curious about the production. I can't shut it out.

Derek Sivers

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My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks.

David Wenham

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I had done a lot of indie movies before I realized that acting could be a way for me to get my family out of poverty. It was at that point that I decided to take acting seriously.

Coco Martin

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America has the longest prison sentences in the West, yet the only condition long sentences demonstrably cure is heterosexuality.

Bruce Jackson

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