Patrick Dempsey Quotes
I love having a big family. I think it's easier, oddly, in some ways, having three children as opposed to one.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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Arthur Conan Doyle was entranced by the notion of a brilliant detective who can deduce everything a stranger has been up to from the merest clue, and yet can't have a trusting relationship with his closest friend.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
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A lot of people may know my face and know that I'm a good player on the football field, but they probably don't really know me as a person.
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The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America.
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I had this dream that I was going to come to New York and be a writer.
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The historian is a prophet looking backward.
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I like power and I like to use it.
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I'm just here to compete and do the best I can and let things play out and just be the best teammate I can be, regardless of the situation.
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If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.
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I like routine.
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I hope to be still acting when I'm 70 on TV, film and theatre.
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I enjoy performing, always, but when you're taping a gig, you've got to blank out this mass apparatus of self-consciousness that's surrounding you, this invitation to drown in self-consciousness. Otherwise you just won't be able to do anything.
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I thought my family was really funny. Everybody in my family was funny. My mom and dad both have great senses of humor and really saw the funny in stuff, so I think that's probably where it came from. I always try to see the funny in things.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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I love having a big family. I think it's easier, oddly, in some ways, having three children as opposed to one.
