Patton Oswalt Quotes
So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.
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My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
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Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
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Expanding background checks will help create a uniform standard for all gun purchases and prevent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from obtaining powerful weapons.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.
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Most British cheeses are now vegetarian and are labelled accordingly. However, French and Italian manufacturers still tend to use rennet.
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Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.
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Genuine expressions of emotion rarely persist longer than five seconds and almost never longer than 10. A fixed smile is likely to conceal anger, anxiety, or some other negative emotion.
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The older I get, the more I see a straight path where I want to go. If you're going to hunt elephants, don't get off the trail for a rabbit.
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The key here is that with planning, you can take advantage of opportunities, where without this planning, you may just watch them pass you by. Like knowing that a key potential customer may be at a conference and putting together a pitch just in case you run into them - or being caught by surprise with nothing coherent to say.
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I see artists as the first responders. And when the proverbial crap hits the fan, we are there to be of service, to tell the story, to bring a balm, to soothe, to provide catharsis. You know, not to make our work any more important or less important, but just that there is a great importance to it.
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When I was coming up through the ranks, not that many people carried a lot money of money on them. This was before checks and credit cards.
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So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'
