This creature is the Pooka. Pay no mind to the shape he wears, for he’s none of his own, and no soul either. Ware him ever, trust him never, but when the wind’s right he has his uses. Never forget that you will never know him. The Pooka’s mystery even to the Pooka.
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PETER CAPALDI Our situation here, without any exaggeration, is beyond description almost; it is such as eye has no... PETER OLIVER About a year after 'Bosom Buddies,' I was suddenly a regular on 'Newhart,' and I was... PETER SCOLARI Total borrowing has imploded. Private borrowing has collapsed. And, in effect, the Treasury Departme... PETER ORSZAG I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boule... PETER O'TOOLE Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems o... PETER USTINOV I played football the whole time I was growing up, and through two years of college. I think it'... PETER LANDESMAN What keeps earth air breathable? Not oxygen alone. The earth is a freer place to breathe in, every t... PETER VIERECK In most countries, it is possible to visit zoos and see bored animals pacing back and forth in cages... PETER SINGER Church members in too many cases are like deep sea divers, encased in the suits designed for many fa... PETER MARSHALL Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a produ... PETER DRUCKER I think anything that requires real global breakthroughs requires a degree of intensity and sustaine... PETER THIEL If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people... PETER DIAMANDIS True disruption means threatening your existing product line and your past investments. Breakthrough... PETER DIAMANDIS There's an element of tongue-in-cheek in every one of our songs. Walking off into the sunset, ho... PETER NOONE The break-up of a relationship is always difficult, especially a 30-year one. PETER HOOK Two halves have little choice but to join; And yes, they do make a whole but two wholes when t... PETER MCWILLIAMS In my day, there were things that were done, and things that were not done, and there was even a way... PETER USTINOV Sings. Hope in every sphere of life is a privilege that attaches to action. No action, no hope. PETER LEVI Salvador Dali, lying on his deathbed in a stupor, is said to have been fed thousands of sheets of bl... PETER LANDESMAN Thomas More's birth was noted by his father upon a blank page at the back of a copy of Geoffrey ... PETER ACKROYD Celebrity poverty, that's the hidden scandal in Blair's Britain. You can't help but worr... PETER YORK