"You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Peter Garrett

#Want Quotes #Explaining Quotes

“The more you think, the more time you have.”
“Americans need not fear the federal government because they enjoy the advantage of being armed, which you possess over the people of almost every other nation.”
“Until relatively recently, mass political movements were still about basic rights of food, shelter, education and self sufficiency. The reasons fewer people vote these days, or turn up for political meetings, is that for the vast majority of us those rights have been fulfilled. These days it's in the adverts for mobile phones or foreign holidays where phrases like "Join the Revolution!" and "Cry Freedom!" are bandied about for a generation which knows nothing of their provenance. Just as now we have luxury illnesses to replace real ones, so now we have luxury politics.”
“The transition from sports into acting was something I got blindsided by. I had a full scholarship to law school. I had a different life planned. I started a business, and I was all ready to go. I suddenly got in a local movie, just to say to my kids one day, "Yeah, your old man was in a movie," and I caught the bug.”
“Being a Celtic supporter is not always easy, but it is always worthwhile.”
“The Cube can seem alive as it heats up in your hand. The fact that each face of the Cube is made of three layers of three blocks has an important meaning.”
“I'm aware of being a stranger, an outsider, and that's always an advantage for an artist. It means I can see from the inside and the outside. I have that double vision.”
“There are points in your life, especially if you have creative ambitions, where selfishness is necessary.”

Source : "Kris Kristofferson: What I've Learned" by Scott Carrier, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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