Patrick Rothfuss Quotes
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For a man of my generation, our century has been a long intellectual and political struggle in favor of freedom.
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
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I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.
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I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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I don't think any actor can be satisfied. I am still in the learning phase and hope I am always in the learning frame of mind in acting or in anything else that I do. That's what makes life interesting and worth living.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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I'm so happy with 'Grease' and 'Xanadu,' particularly because of the music in both films.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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As a boy, I had an uncle, T. G. Bond, who lived near Moreton Hampstead and who was passionately devoted to Dartmoor. He inspired me with the same love.
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I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.
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I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.
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But art not only exploits the variety of appearances, it also affirms the validity of individual outlook and thereby admits a further dimension of variety. Since the shapes of art do not primarily bear witness to the objective nature of the things for which they stand, they can reflect individual interpretation and invention.
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You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.
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Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.
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At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.
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Cooking's my hobby.
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Lord but I dislike poetry. How can anyone remember words that aren’t put to music?
