Patricia Highsmith Quotes
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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I am from the Kardashian group. We can take anything.
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do much more than that.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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The only lottery I've ever won was a $100 scratch-off card at age 16, and the 7-Eleven clerk who sold it to me said I was too young to claim my winnings.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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Working is hard and distracts from having fun.
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There's really no way to be perfect. Perfectionism is a silly trait to have, so in a lot of ways that inspired the world of 'Divergent,' in which everyone is striving toward that ideal and falling short of it.
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Religion is induced insanity.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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I don't want to be a Major League coach.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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You have to take over your town in order to take over your city.
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In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'
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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
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In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it's about looking into the future. It's about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business.
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If you talk about Cabernet and Merlot-based value between $10 and $25, I will tell you that Bordeaux is the best value in the world.
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People who think I have insulted Ireland or Limerick or my family have not read the book!
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Denver is home to me, and to be recognized for my achievements in the sports community here is a great honor.
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It's always hard - it's a little counterintuitive to leave your baby at any point during the infancy.
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We are all geniuses when we dream.
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Ripley is married. And he's not lost. He has his feet on the ground.
