Peter Abrahams Quotes

There is a qualitative difference between being a minority and being a majority. Majorities are stronger under psychological pressure because numbers count. But only if they are aware of it.

Peter Abrahams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

PressureStrongerNumbersCount

So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble.

John Entwistle

AgeTimeMyselfGuitarHandsPretty

It is a remarkably beautiful piece of home furnishing, the Oscar. I used to keep it up in front of a mirror so that it looked like two.

Mercedes McCambridge

HomeBeautifulMirrorTwoUpUsed

I loved doing 'Rock of Ages' in N.Y. and that, but its such a large scale, and so many things go into it.

Tom Lenk

LovedDoingGoRockThingsLarge

What NPR did, I'm very proud of, and what NPR stood for is non-racist, non-bigoted, straightforward telling of the news.

Ron Schiller

ProudNewsStraightforwardTelling

My father was a very funny man, and one of my strongest recollections is hearing him laugh. He didn't like people who had no sense of humour.

Mike Myers

FunnyFatherManPeopleLaughHim

I just decided to play make believe, memorize it like it was just some kind of song and just take the emotion out of the words. And I did. I goofed a couple of times.

Michelle Rodriguez

WordsSongBelievePlayKindOut

I've discovered new parts of my manhood, places I couldn't get to without loving someone else unconditionally and putting others before myself.

Derek Fisher

MyselfSomeoneLovingNewPlaces

I have family that are vets of the military. My grandfather served as well.

Corey Hawkins

FamilyGrandfatherMilitaryWell

I think about 'The Hurt Locker,' and we made a film about three guys, three different looking guys with three very different energies.

Brian Geraghty

LookingThinkHurtThreeFilmMade

I much preferred Latin to Greek. I loved the language being such a pattern that you could not shift a word without the whole sentence falling to pieces.

Alice Oswald

LanguageLovedYouFallingWithout

It's an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk.

Winona Ryder

LoveSadSocietyStoryKindBecome

I live in a neighborhood that's really filled with sound - there's a lot of Jamaican auto body shops, and the guys next door play hip hop.

Sxip Shirey

LiveDoorBodyPlaySoundNext

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Peter Abrahams