Mary Beth Patterson (Beth Ditto) Quotes
I've had people ask me in interviews what it's like to have money, but that's not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I have a room in London but not a house, nor a BMW.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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I love my wife, I love my kids.
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I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.
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I don't like allegories.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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I think the sidekick makes the number one look good.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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The thing is that pictures are everywhere. The question is what we don't see, and why don't we see so much. I just see it.
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It's not healthy to be jealous.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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Money has never been my drive. I have never seen the shortage of money in my life, so for me, I don't want to buy a silk pillow or a private jet... My drive is to achieve more than what my grandfather achieved; my drive is to make a name for myself, get rid of this 'star son' tag that has been attached to me.
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I prefer situational or character-based humor to gross-out gags and comedic set pieces.
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When you've got the Daytona 500 out there at stake and everything riding on the line, guys go for it, and the guys that go for it are the ones that are either going to win or they're going to wreck.
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The best way to keep water prices down is to avoid unnecessary increases in costs.
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To be yourself is truly a revolutionary act, and I think more and more people should try it, because it's gotten me a pretty cool life.
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You can have a very intense relationship with fictional characters because they are in your own head.
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I've had people ask me in interviews what it's like to have money, but that's not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I have a room in London but not a house, nor a BMW.
