Peter Heller Quotes

Writing nonfiction, you're responsible to posterity, to history, to other people because the events happened, and you feel responsible to record them as they happened.

Peter Heller

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Even when I speak English to my parents, I'll say an English word differently to my Chinese parents and friends than I do to my English-speaking friends - you know, I'll pronounce 'McDonald's' differently, because it feels right, and that's what I'm used to.

Jenny Zhang

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Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.

Michael Caine

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I've never bought a Dylan record. A singing poet? It just bores me to tears. I've got to tell you, if I had 10 Dylans in the final of 'American Idol,' we would not be getting 30 million viewers a week. I don't believe the Bob Dylans of this world would make 'American Idol 'a better show.

Simon Cowell

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I'm not happy if other people aren't enjoying themselves, so I try to lighten the mood as much as I can.

Tom Weston-Jones

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To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

Tom Robbins

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To be awake is to be fully present, no noise, just you and God. Most of us only have seconds of full consciousness. To live in a state of Samadhi - that's what we're here for.

Russell Simmons

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Obama's gonna play Santa Claus with the minimum wage. He's got no successes to brag about. He cannot talk about a robust job market. In fact, the very fact he's talking about the minimum wage is evidence there is no robust job market.

Rush Limbaugh

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I hate Whole Foods.

Jonathan Franzen

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Don't sleep too much. If you sleep three hours less each night for a year, you will have an extra month and a half to succeed in.

Aristotle Onassis

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Being a rather second-rate actress, I finally thought, 'I'd rather be a designer.' I knew I could make things look good.

Anouska Hempel

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Don't have rules, taboos, or limits.

William Klein

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I'm totally active. I am just this side of hyper. I jog and go to the gym every day. When I'm on the computer, I'm reading, I'm writing, I'm never quiet. My brain is very rarely not engaged. Every now and again I will fall asleep under the parasol in the sun, but that's a rarity.

Suzi Quatro

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