Nick Petrie Quotes

I love the beautiful distractions of the world - television and movies, video games, the Internet in general. But I try really hard to avoid them, because they don't help me become a better writer. They subtract hours from my day. And a writer's main currency is time. Time to daydream, time to walk and think, time to sit and do the work.

Nick Petrie

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WorkLoveBeautifulTimeWalkDay

Since I was shot, everything is such a dream to me. Like I don't know whether I'm alive or whether I died. I wasn't afraid before. And having been dead once, I shouldn't feel fear. But I am afraid. I don't understand why.

Andy Warhol

FearI AmMeFeelDreamAlive

We try to magnify the difference between Americans and the English. In real life they like the same music and dress the same. It's really much more similar than anyone thinks or how we show it.

Amanda Bynes

LifeMusicDressTryMoreReal

I think almost everything in life is life-experience, personality-driven.

Roger Ailes

LifeThinkEverythingAlmostI Think

You have to remember you're an artist and get hungry.

Matt Bomer

RememberYouArtistHungryGet

'Family Guy's got a strong fanbase, man, like no other. It's great. Everywhere around the world, it's pretty amazing. It's amazing that people love 'Family Guy' as much as they do. It's great.

Mila Kunis

FamilyLoveGreatManPeopleWorld

How I go about my work is I like to stay consistent. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, and I have a really good program, and I like to stick to it.

Mike Daniels

WorkGoodGoFixStayConsistent

I enjoy my athletics, and I want to take it as far as I can.

Mo Farah

EnjoyI CanWantTakeFarAthletics

I transcend earthly bounds. I never cease to amaze myself because I haven't yet found my limits. I am quite ready to accept the limits of what I can do, but every time I feel that way - boom! - God touches me and I do something that's even more stupendous than whatever I've done up to then.

Don King

GodTimeMyselfI AmMeLimits

It's almost like Time's Up allowed some really good old-school players to stand up and say, 'We're actually just really normal companies that want to facilitate culture-making. Some of us are even in it for the slow returns.'

Debra Granik

GoodTimeStand UpSlowStandWant

English food writer Elizabeth David, cook and author Richard Olney and the owner of Domaine Tempier Lulu Peyraud have all really inspired the way I think about food.

Alice Waters

FoodThinkWayInspiredEnglish

I have a kind of magnetic attraction to situations of violence.

Wole Soyinka

ViolenceKindAttractionMagnetic

The United States is a giant island of freedom, achievement, wealth and prosperity in a world hostile to our values.

Phyllis Schlafly

FreedomAchievementWorldValues

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