Patton Oswalt Quotes
One of my groupies gave me a film that they made, and it ended up being amazing, so I got it shown at South by Southwest. If I can help get their stuff out there, then great.
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For most people, it is enough for the world to know that they aspire. The world does not ask what their aspirations are, trusting that those aspirations are for the best and greatest things. But with regard to the Negroes in America, there is a feeling that their aspirations in some way are not consistent with the great ideals.
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What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?
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I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.
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I grew up singing Ray Charles and Jimmy Reed.
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Ricky Martin is one of the artists I wanted to be growing up.
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I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.
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President Obama, like every other leader on Earth, is still going to be looking out for national and economic interests. States don't cease to be states overnight just because they get a great visionary as their new president.
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There will be some things I do well and things I do wrong. But I keep coming. Playing with heart. That's going to help me continue to grow.
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On the weekends, I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall.
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I really believe deep in my soul that we're going to have to step up and face these challenges and be tough and pull together and unify and be creative and be willing to sacrifice.
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I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.
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Nothing changes and very little happens in Paris. This is a great place to work without distraction - and then I run away to New York, where I have a life!
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Today, I regularly attend two Buddhist organizations, the Zen Center of Los Angeles and Against the Stream, but I also attend certain Christian functions. I try to cultivate a generous, kind spirit and am open to anything to help get me there.
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There is a long history of founders returning to companies and doing great things. Founders are able to set the vision for their companies with an authority no one else can.
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I picked up a harmonica and taught myself.
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Life is so much easier when I allow myself to be myself and go with the flow. Whatever that looks like on a given day. If I can get quiet enough to truly check-in with myself, I usually end up on the right track.
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Maybe a day will come when we may have to just put on a pair of glasses and see sports events.
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I just really want to do good work and work with some great people, people who challenge me.
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No one wants to hear everything that's in your head. They just want you to live up to what comes out of your mouth.
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Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz.
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The way to judge a new artist is by listening to their albums and gauging the progress that they make from the first record to the next one.
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Everything we do affects other people.
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If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.
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One of my groupies gave me a film that they made, and it ended up being amazing, so I got it shown at South by Southwest. If I can help get their stuff out there, then great.
