Patrick Rothfuss Quotes
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So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.
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We always make music and continue to make hits.
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No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
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I unabashedly, unashamedly, unequivocally support the explosion of entrepreneurs in the capitalist system.
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A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.
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Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.
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The drills we do, where you're telling kids to memorize things, don't actually work. What works is engaging them and letting them do things and discover things.
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My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.
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There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.
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My sister said, You're making it hard for all us housewives in Nebraska.
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There's a lot of information that has been in peoples' heads and hasn't gotten onto the Internet. Even as the Web has gotten really big, there's just been this gap. So we made Quora as a general place for people to share knowledge of all kinds.
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If it's anything I can't stand, it's yes-men. When I say no, I want you to say no, too.
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When you do good work, people will notice you.
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As an actor, you come in contact with so many different people and cultures. It makes you a more accepting person.
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You know that was much more of a kind of cameo, I love the movie, I love the story, I love Johnny as a fun little role but it was more of a cameo, not anywhere near as developed as this role.
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When you are overworked and exhausted, there is a sense of kind of delirium and that's why I think architects do all-nighters and they kind of do those deadlines. For four days I remember doing four nights in one row with no sleep. I mean nobody, unless you are crazy, would do that, but you are totally focused on the project.
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My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for the kettle to boil. This pleasure is for the old who live alone.
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All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
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All secrets are deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.
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I wanted to remind myself and others of the old Jim Crow, so that we can remind ourselves that we're still living in the new Jim Crow. I feel it's important to dress in the fashion of the times.
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Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You've got to believe you can play a shot instead of wondering where your next bad shot is coming from.
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I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, 'You should give it a go in London.'
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You know that thing where you repeat a word over and over until it just sounds like utter gibberish? That's what doing a day of press on a film is like. Ten interviews in a row, all asking pretty much the same questions until you find yourself giving pretty much the same answers.
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Nothing makes a man feel older than a young woman.
