Peter Abrahams Quotes

The racism of the Nazis threatened to make whatever we had experienced look like child's play. If they could be so brutal to the Jews, what would they do to the blacks? So large numbers of black young men and women rallied to the defence of the empire.

Peter Abrahams

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Having so many close calls in my career, it was such an awesome feeling to get that first world title.

Joel Parkinson

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Everybody want famous, like me to be a famous director.

Andrew Lau

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My very first role was when I was 2 1/2 years old; I was one of Nora's children in 'A Doll's House,' with my father playing Torvald.

John Lithgow

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Frankly, Christians have not always made good presidents.

Robert Jeffress

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I would not have so many scripts being driven by demographics. The play's the thing - not the 18-35 year old male age group.

Stephen Tobolowsky

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Let me put it this way. There is more to acting than just acting like somebody. I like to act in such a way that other people get some notion of what it's like to be somebody.

Mary Steenburgen

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There's a film I did years ago, 'Love Serenade,' that I still really love. It's such an oddball sense of humor. It was a really special film for me when I did it.

Miranda Otto

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Lots of special interests play the immigrant blame game every day because they like things the way they are and don't see a need for change.

Luis Gutierrez

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I think of myself as an interpretative singer and a songwriter.

Lizz Wright

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I'm not concerned with what people think of me.

Don Lemon

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If you listen to the great Beatle records, the earliest ones where the lyrics are incredibly simple. Why are they still beautiful? Well, they're beautifully sung, beautifully played, and the mathematics in them is elegant. They retain their elegance.

Bruce Springsteen

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I get this weird feeling that there's bigger things to do still, and I can't wait to figure it out.

Brian Ortega

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