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Peter L. Berger Quotes

If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe.

Peter L. Berger

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: sociologist
Nationality: austrian
Birth: March 17, 1929 - June 27, 2017

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Will Way More Europe Elite Like

I really believe in not compromising your art. I feel like I've never compromised my art.

Art Believe Feel Never I Feel Like

It's great having time to just sit back and work through things in my mind. It helps put life into perspective.

Life Work Great Time Perspective

Every film tries to advance the state of the art, at least a little bit. Brand new techniques? A lot of them are just evolutionary: we're just building on something that's like something we've done before and just trying to do it a little bit better or make it a little bit more realistic.

Art Building Brand Better Trying

If a film is about love, it tends to be about tortured love or discovering love or young love. It's not this wonderful kind of comfortable, old resilient love.

Love Young Kind Comfortable Old

I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.

Townes Van Zandt

Good Myself Nobody Write Songs Even

In the research I did for 'Apollo,' there was never a moment's hesitation by anyone that we would do anything other than save these guys, until every resource, every ounce of energy was spent. And I'm very proud of that aspect of our culture.

Moment Culture Research Energy Proud

John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement at Chapel Hill, where I went to university.

Vision Political Hill First Movement

If I knew what I was so anxious about, I wouldn't be so anxious.

Mignon McLaughlin

Anxious Knew About

Lula da Silva was my hero when he was president. I Googled him so many times. The fact that he got 20 million people out of poverty... that happened by encouraging entrepreneurship, by supporting small business.

Business Hero People Small Poverty

I think if I could be any superhero, it'd probably be my mom... but I don't think I'd look too good in high heels, so it's not gonna happen.

Good Mom Think Look High Heels High

For whatever reason, I enjoy eating soggy cereal.

Eating Enjoy Reason Whatever Cereal

As a writer you have a duty to be a messenger.

You Duty Messenger Writer

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