Mary Beth Patterson (Beth Ditto) Quotes
I knew that if I wanted to stop being a pushover I had to get comfortable with small rejections myself. That took some work, but because of it I can now say 'no' to other people with a clear conscience.
Quotes to Explore
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You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.
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In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites.
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I think everyone who goes to see a 'Bond' movie expects to be impressed by the look and the locations chosen. Certainly I was when I grew up watching them, and I don't think that's changed in the last 50 years.
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It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.
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I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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We are a very big and vast Government, and naturally, every ministry is becoming bigger and bigger. It becomes, therefore, essential that there should be proper coordination.
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The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
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I used to have the 'Best Of Eddie Murphy' VHS tape that I wore out completely, watching it over and over again. His 'Buckwheat Sings' is, to this day, one of my all-time favorite sketches on the show. I also loved the one where he plays the Tooth Fairy.
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I wasn't into sports, but I was really into Shakespeare.
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Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.
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There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'
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To me, there is nothing but puerility in a tale in which the human form – and local human passions and conditions and standards – are depicted as native to other worlds and universes.
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I'd love to open a camp focusing on the arts accessible to kids from all income brackets.
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Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.
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I have spent much of my life where the boys are, first as a tomboy and then on Wall Street. Growing up, I loved every and any sport. I was frustrated by girls who didn't, so I spent most of my afternoons with the boys.
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Jay Cutler, he's a fine quarterback, but I think at times he gets a little nicked up.
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Jazz is progressive, and it's alive.
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I'd like to start a tradition of getting No. 1s - how 'bout that?
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I don't like to disrespect people or my opponents. Anything can happen.
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I still love my little home on YouTube, really.
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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.
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We don't get to get swept up, because we have to start over every day at 8 o'clock.
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I knew that if I wanted to stop being a pushover I had to get comfortable with small rejections myself. That took some work, but because of it I can now say 'no' to other people with a clear conscience.
