Patrice O'Neal Quotes
What I'm trying to do is be righteous. And when I say “righteous,” I don't mean God. You know? God- Righteous. I mean just when I wake up, I know I was honest to myself.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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I did not have any money, so when I came to New York, I just dressed myself with whatever I could find and the Army-Navy store.
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I don't live by all these rigid, weird rules that make me feel all fenced in. I just like the way that I feel like, and that makes me feel very free.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
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The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.
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To a mind like mine, restless, inquisitive, and observant of everything that was passing, it is easy to suppose that religion was the subject to which it would be directed; and, although this subject principally occupied my thoughts, there was nothing that I saw or heard of to which my attention was not directed.
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Bitcoin's got its issues. But it is not competing with perfection.
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I'm a very lucky girl.
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I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones.
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The child in you, like all children, loves to laugh, to be around people who can laugh at themselves and life. Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives, the better.
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I'm not even allowed to sing in the shower at home. Too loud.
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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What I'm trying to do is be righteous. And when I say “righteous,” I don't mean God. You know? God- Righteous. I mean just when I wake up, I know I was honest to myself.
