Mary Beth Patterson (Beth Ditto) Quotes
I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you?
Quotes to Explore
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region.
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I know the Russian political elite has got used to the Ukraine suffering from an inferiority complex, but I want this to disappear from our relationship.
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When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.
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He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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Twitter has become a group conversation of that type that used to take place on trading floors.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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I come from Surajpur, a valley in Himachal Pradesh near Manali that is named after my great grandfather Sarju Singh Ranaut.
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I was raised in the '70s, and I've worked with people I love, and I've been on sets with my parents, with people who run a set and require of actors a sense of liberty and freedom and exploration and failure into brave achievement.
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But more than anything I kind of pride myself in continuing the process that we're trying to accomplish, and that's just to get better and work on my fundamentals. So that's been kind of in the theme now for a couple years and we stuck with it and that's kind of what I want to keep doing.
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I've probably done more than a thousand interviews, and I can't remember what people asked me two months ago or two days ago.
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I enjoy the challenge of trying to say things beautifully. The message is secondary in that sense. Obviously, I have something that I want to say that's very, very important to me – but the process of actually crafting it is essential.
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I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties.
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A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.
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I'm an independent. I've signed with no label.
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I think the same way about theatre, you go out there and you are creating a world for a moment that can actually have a real impact on people, present some kind of story that gives you something to think about when you walk away, feeling enriched - if it works out well.
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I love hearing people who are smarter than me talk about my comics. It makes me feel smarter.
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I made theater very important in the beginning of my career.
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I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you?
