Patrick Pichette Quotes
When you start traveling and thinking from a global perspective, you realize how small the planet is and how predatory we are to its ecology.
Quotes to Explore
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Why is it so unutterably beneficial, the thought that someone besides myself knows me?
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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'Pulp Fiction' was probably one of the first films I ever saw that really kind of took effect on me. I was about four years old – obviously wasn't supposed to be seeing that film; my sister kind of sneaked it out and we got to see it. She's older than me. That was something I always used to watch.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
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Too much negotiating and not enough work on the court – that's what happened to me during the lockout. Too much talking and not enough training. I couldn't put in my usual offseason work routine. I think that all caught up to me, with my Achilles problems.
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I love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song.
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I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I get a lot of people telling me that I'd make a good 'wacky neighbor.' I wouldn't mind that, if it was a starting-off point.
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My job is to create myself a career that I can go to sleep satisfied with what I'm doing.
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There are different types of talents and intelligences, and traditional schools sometimes ignore the creative ones. It is important for us to give kids every platform for them to find what they are good at and what they love. The arts also provide a space for newfound creativity.
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The wealthiest Americans often live as though they and their children had nothing to gain from investments in education, infrastructure, clean-energy, and scientific research.
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I want money; I just don't want that money lying around.
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BASE jumping is skydiving from fixed objects, like buildings, antennae, bridges and earth - meaning mountains, cliffs. It's for sure - for me - it's the ultimate feeling of being in free fall, with all the visual references.
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I saw a drummer play once when I was a kid and I thought, that's really cool. You know, you're moving. You're using your arms and fingers. So I tried it and I loved it.
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When I was coming up as an entrepreneur, I had to fight for everything I got, and there was no clear roadmap of how to be successful.
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I certainly did feel inferior. Because of class. Because of strength. Because of height. I guess if I'd been able to hit somebody in the nose, I wouldn't have been a comic.
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I was raised in a small town in Indiana and educated at Ball State University.
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With Akismet, there was an interesting dilemma. Is it for the good of the world Akismet being secret and being more effective against spammers, versus it being open and less effective?
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When you start traveling and thinking from a global perspective, you realize how small the planet is and how predatory we are to its ecology.
