Patricia Highsmith Quotes
I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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For a long time on Earth humans didn't worship good gods; that's a new idea. The ancient Greek gods, the Hindu gods, are fairly amoral, most of them. We get stuck when we insist that God be both good and all-powerful.
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We must do our part to end poverty in Korea so that the next generation doesn't experience what we are going through now.
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The thing I really like about Twitter is the speed with which information reaches me. You find out things from Twitter long before they're on the news. That, I think, is valuable.
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After high school, I went to the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point for a year, and I studied musical theatre. By that point, I was like, 'This is what I want to do.'
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I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.
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The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them.
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There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.
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I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't need people to tell me, 'You need to use black girls.' I did for 20 years; it's not a new thing for me.
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Never count on the crowd to take care of you.
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I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing.
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YouTube, as longer form, the content you make there has to keep you entertained for three minutes - or five minutes.
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I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.
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I'm a fast writer.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime.
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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The minute you start feeling like you've got it down, you know what you're doing, you're dead in the water.
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Man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
