Pat Metheny Quotes
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I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.
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The only way we can challenge Islamism is to engage with one another. We need to make it as abhorrent as racism has become today. Only then will we stem the tide of angry young Muslims who turn to hate.
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I want to work with producers who are unique and have a different sound.
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What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
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I had to write something and couldn't think of a plot, so I decided to write a Cinderella story because it already had a plot! Then, when I thought about Cinderella's character, I realized that she was too much of a goody-two-shoes for me, and I would hate her before I finished ten pages.
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Fantasy is sort of a blank slate that everybody can project their own culture onto. Everybody can read it in their own way.
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When I started off with Trainspotting, it was the way the characters came to me. That's how they sounded to me. It seemed pretentious to sound any other way. I wasn't making any kind of political statement.
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The only way you know what it is to be a boxer is to be one.
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Anyone who knows me knows that I'm way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
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I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the barrage of calls is so enormous that if I just answered calls I would do nothing else.
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My husband is not a jealous person in any way.
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You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.
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I sort of approach wrestling the way Johnny Depp approaches movies. I don't really care necessarily what I'm portraying.
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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
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The problem with certainty is that sometimes it can sound cold and heartless, although it is the most compassionate and supportive answer.
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I'm scared of the water, and I hate the sea. I'd be all right if it was clear and I could see what was underneath. But it's the not knowing what's there that freaks me out.
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I honestly hate wearing makeup.
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But lately, when I’m drunk, I feel a hostility that I’ve never known before. It is a tension deep in my gut that makes me want to yell until my face is red, knock over glasses with the back of my hand, and kick people I don’t know in the shins.
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In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.
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I hate the way chorus boxes sound.
