Patrick deWitt Quotes
Bernie Madoff is probably more nuanced then I'm giving him credit for, but I just couldn't get under his skin.Patrick deWitt
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Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.
Dan Colen -
The intelligence community really is a vast bureaucratic entity, and it has been politicized in ways that are not effective for the gathering of intelligence and giving it to senior policymakers.
Valerie Plame -
You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
Pat Paulsen -
You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
Oprah Winfrey -
I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it's a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.
Taylor Swift -
Many past products advertised in old publications can be profitably promoted all over again. Sometimes, just by giving them a new twist or modern application, you'll hit a real winner.
E. Joseph Cossman
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
Gavin O'Connor -
Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.
Beatrice Wood -
You can express your generosity in ways that are virtually limitless. This was what I wanted to convey in 'Giving 2.0' - that whether you have $10 or $10 million to give, if you identify the right opportunities and make the most of your resources, your impact can be tremendous.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen -
Money just draws flies.
Mahalia Jackson -
This experience has also humbled me by giving me a true understanding of what millions of others face each day in their own fight against cancer.
Farrah Fawcett -
What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.
Patrick Swayze
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You are just your intelligence.
Kalpana Chawla -
It's all about connectivity - not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That's what makes a city go.
Dan Gilbert -
Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.
Fran Drescher -
I just write mechanical things.
Barry Zito -
Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.
Zubin Mehta -
I'll never retire. I'm just using up somebody else's oxygen if I retire.
Sam Phillips
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Every year, I looked forward to Oprah Winfrey's Favorite Things episode. I watched with my notebook computer in my lap so I could Google the items and order them for the friends and family on my holiday gift-giving list.
Lori Wilde -
I didn't know at the time that the energy that I was giving off was like a battle Emcee.
Mohandas Dewese -
Giving the same value to fiction as to fact in the interest of so-called fairness is to mislead the American people and the press has become party to that.
Joe Wilson -
I thought love was more or less a giving thing. Seems the more I gave, the less I got.
Neil Diamond -
You can't really give away anything in your book ... should be exciting, it's my life, and I'm a cool and exciting guy.
Usain Bolt -
Bernie Madoff is probably more nuanced then I'm giving him credit for, but I just couldn't get under his skin.
Patrick deWitt