Patton Oswalt Quotes
I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.' But I was wrong.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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Though many people said there is no joint border between Turkey and Montenegro, it feels like we are next to each other. We are in the same neighborhood.
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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.
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Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?
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Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose some weight?' Over the years I've realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.
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You've got to play every game until it's over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what's going to happen.
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I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.
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Our workforce is very co-operative, very flexible, easy to work with and one of the big selling points. The idea that Britain is still back in the labour market of the '70s is utterly bizarre.
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With kiting, you have to land a trick, and in that instant you know whether you won or lost - I knew I could become the best in the world if I trained. But with acting, there are different variations; there's not a right or wrong way. It's so hard because it's so out of your hands. I have no idea what's going to happen!
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Singing is my passion, my first love and the secret of my energy. Music to me is like finding my inner self, my soul. It gives me a great joy to see audiences enjoying with me. I have given my heart to singing. When I sing, I can feel romance in everything around me.
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If you make a wrong move with explosives, it could be deadly. If you're there when they blow up the beach, you get blown up, too. So you need to get your job done correctly... then pull the fuse with enough lag time for you to clear the area completely and get picked up by the small boats.
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If most women are looking for security, I think men look for adventure.
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Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.
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It's like nothing's really happening. Our culture is almost dead.
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I'm Latin - we start young, honey!
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I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some in more extreme ways than others.
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You lose more than you win in life, and that's OK. That's the nature of life.
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I know that the writers I read and admire all have an influence on my work, but trying to determine to what degree any particular piece of input changes the way I think about writing seems counterproductive.
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I'm not auditioning to play convenience-store clerks. I don't see any benefit in that.
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Finding out exactly what went wrong is key toward preventing future debacles.
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I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.' But I was wrong.
