Patton Oswalt Quotes
I grew up in such a featureless, personality-less suburb. There was nothing to push against.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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A cheat day for me, the first thing that I crave, I'll eat. That's my rule. So if I wake up and I want pancakes, I'm gonna eat pancakes. If I want a cheeseburger for lunch or for dinner, I'm gonna eat it. If I want fries, I'm gonna eat the fries.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop trying until the day we die. It's that struggle to achieve 100 percent, that's where our performance lies, that's what the audience gets. They get the struggle.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.
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From my undergraduate days, I've always been interested in the major philosophical questions that don't seem to have an answer that everyone agrees on.
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I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything.
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When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you, he liked you.' That was Victoria. When you visualize him up there on top of the Empire State Building, you do feel sorry for him.
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When you wrap up your self-worth with your talent, and suddenly you might not be the most talented, that's really scary. And I think that fear is in part why I turned to comedy because I had no expectations of being a comedian. It was exciting to get good at something where I wasn't afraid of not being the best.
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'WhatsApp' began as a simple idea: ensuring that anyone could stay in touch with family and friends anywhere on the planet, without costs or gimmicks standing in the way.
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Obviously I love working in film and television, but I started in theater and I'd love to be on Broadway.
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Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.
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I grew up in such a featureless, personality-less suburb. There was nothing to push against.
