Patton Oswalt Quotes
Growing up, there are always those kids who are only happy when they are making someone else upset. That is unfortunately just how some people are. And their parents were fine. Some people are just born with bad wiring.Patton Oswalt
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I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends.
Nadia Comaneci -
Something like your parents divorcing never quite leaves you. What you thought was real isn't real anymore, and that changes your perspective. It makes you more wary but also means you are better equipped to deal with challenges.
Hannah Ware -
Honey, God loves everybody. It's human beings who mess things up.
Tammy Faye Bakker -
One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
Oscar Wilde -
My parents met when they were graduate students at UC Berkeley in the 1960s. They were both active in the civil-rights movement.
Kamala Harris -
Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
Barry Eisler
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
Viggo Mortensen -
I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers -
The pledge drive has everything going against it as broadcasting. It's repetitive. It's ad-libbed by people who can't ad-lib. It's about asking for money, which is something nobody wants to hear, even from their own relatives.
Ira Glass -
In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.
Carlos Ghosn -
We have this historic problem that we have a quarter of our population, the people of Quebec, who have never signed on to the Constitution. That can't go on forever.
Jack Layton -
Before we start filming, I have a strong idea of the look and the feel that I want to create, and I'm happy to explore any means that will help me achieve that.
Daniel Barber
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I think all children draw, as soon as they figure out the thumb and can grab crayons. The only difference with people like myself is that we never stopped drawing.
Adam Hughes -
There'll be a special place in hell for the tape back-up people.
Adam Osborne -
The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad worked for an oil company so we spent a year overseas when we were young kids. Because of that, it was all Spanish TV and radio so we ended up having these '50s and '60s tapes, tapes of that music.
Zac Hanson Hanson -
I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.
Mahershala Ali -
As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music.
Lamar Alexander -
Music is really something that makes people whole.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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...a victim of bad medicine, bad air, bad food, farcical education, a despicable popular culture.
Anthony Burgess -
I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.
Chuck Mangione -
As a member of Congress, I believe it is the responsibility of those elected to represent the people at every level of government to ensure that our government works to ensure that every person who wants gainful employment has it.
Leonard Boswell -
We see Serbs as our spiritual brothers. And that is what is at the base of our relations today and in the future.
Vladimir Putin -
'Cause if your love was all I had in this life, well that would be enough until the end of time. So rest your weary heart and relax your mind, 'Cause I'm gonna love you, girl, until the end of time.
Justin Timberlake NSYNC -
Growing up, there are always those kids who are only happy when they are making someone else upset. That is unfortunately just how some people are. And their parents were fine. Some people are just born with bad wiring.
Patton Oswalt