Patricia Riggen Quotes
Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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I'm an honest, open father.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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If you wanted to build an Internet startup in 2005, you had to buy your own servers and hire someone to manage it. Now, that's unheard of.
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When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.
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Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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For a long time, nobody had figured out Information Architecture, so we all just made stuff up.
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… cell of a tentacle, showing the various forms successively assumed by the aggregated masses of protoplasm.
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Remember this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light, the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is also the case when people withdraw from God.
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As far as the world was concerned, from 1979 to 1996, I didn't publish any original material; it just wasn't there.
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It's a full moon here tonight, which makes me think of you. Because, I know that no matter what I am doing or where I am, this moon will always be the same size as yours, half a world away.
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Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.
