Mary Beth Patterson (Beth Ditto) Quotes
Growing up as a chubby kid with a ton of imaginary friends and a Cyndi Lauper obsession, I learned about rejection early on and was constantly trying to avoid it.

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People get TV deals by doing something in their grandmother's basement. It is definitely the wave. Everybody is trying to do all that stuff. I mean, the Internet is the only reason that I've gotten work is because I've somehow created a line and people have seen it. And then I've been asked to auditions.
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I'm typically single. I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.
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I was just finishing up 'Spotlight' in Toronto - I finished it on a Tuesday and started 'True Detective' on a Friday. So I was missing rehearsals, unfortunately, which I hate and why I never like to work back-to-back.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.
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I lived near Arthur's Seat when I lived in Edinburgh. It was the perfect playground as a child. I always have a wee run up there when I'm back.
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I am trying to do comedy on every single medium. I consider myself a public servant.
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The worldview implied by literary fiction is complex and ambiguous, trying to be faithful to the complexity and ambiguity of life.
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A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.
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We ought to open up energy innovation across the board and - and remove the barriers to every form of energy.
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We're certainly not in position to expand into the East. We've been very candid and up front that if, in fact, we go through an expansion process, the world will know about it.
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Life is challenging but I'm always up for a challenge.
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I love music and I love musicians and when I hear something that's great, I always say it's like you go to a movie and you can't wait to tell your friends about it.
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I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible.
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In the 1990s, the United States offered to help North Korea with its energy needs if it gave up its nuclear weapons programme.
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As artists, we must not go down to the level of the masa; we should bring them up, intellectualize our languages, create classics out of our folk arts. We can do this if we are true to our roots and strive for excellence.
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I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!
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I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business.
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A vegetarian is a person who won't eat anything that can have children.
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The pleasure of reading biography, like that of reading letters, derives from the universal hunger to penetrate other lives.
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Grief embraced him and welcomed him back, showering tears upon his arrival.
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I miss the experience of walking into a record store and find old stuff without expecting to.
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Growing up as a chubby kid with a ton of imaginary friends and a Cyndi Lauper obsession, I learned about rejection early on and was constantly trying to avoid it.