Patricia MacLachlan Quotes
I can always tell when I'm about to start writing. I go through cycles in reading. When I'm beginning to start to write something, I start reading what I think of as good literature. I read things with wonderful language.
Quotes to Explore
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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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The scene that has raised the most objections in 'The Interview' is at the very end, when Kim's head dissolves into flames. To me, it feels gratuitous.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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I love anything to do with history.
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I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.
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Photoshop should be a free-to-play game. There's not really a difference between very traditional apps and how they enhance productivity and wandering around a forest and killing bears.
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There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
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The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them as they are, to recognize not only that they exist, but that they exist in specific ways and have specific realities.
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I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'
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The international proletariat first appeared on the scene in the early Thirties of the nineteenth century, and its first great action was the French Revolution of 1848.
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My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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Maybe the body learns from dreams. Maybe the muscles, the neutrons, revitalize.
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Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.
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I am not one to adhere to silly clothing rules. I love mixing metals, wearing a brown bag with black shoes, whatever.
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These are times when what used to be called liberal is now called radical; what used to be called radical is now called insane; what used to be called reactionary is now called moderate; and what used to be called insane is now called solid, neo-conservative thinking.
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I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
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I can always tell when I'm about to start writing. I go through cycles in reading. When I'm beginning to start to write something, I start reading what I think of as good literature. I read things with wonderful language.
