Patrice O'Neal Quotes
Having women work with men is like having a grizzly bear work with salmon . . . dipped in honey.
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
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It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
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To most boys with growing limbs and swelling sinews, physical activity is a natural instinct, and there is no need to drive them into the football field or the fives court: they go there because they like it, and there is no need to make games compulsory for them.
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I think violence can never be justified.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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English is really free for me; there's no limits to the music and the imagination. And French, it's just I live in Paris, and it's really a poetic language where you can really play with words.
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As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.
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We've always made progress by understanding what the next great challenge is.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.
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Things that came before, people and things and experiences – that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either.
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No one should ever be forced to choose between food and education, or medicine and shelter when they don't have the resources. It's very unfair.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.
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'Drugs support terrorism'? No, your SUV supports terrorism.
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Sometimes, people who are very fastidious about what they're going to do in their work are not very fastidious in their private life. I'm like that. I love it when people do really nice things around me, but I don't have time to do it for myself. It's very hard for me to even buy a new pair of trousers.
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There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
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Let me get a sip of water here...you figure this stuff is safe to drink? audience yells 'No' Actually, I don't care, I drink it anyway. You know why? 'Cause I'm an American and I expect a little cancer in my food and water. I'm a loyal American and I'm not happy unless I let government and industry poison me a little bit every day.
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Having women work with men is like having a grizzly bear work with salmon . . . dipped in honey.
