Patricia Highsmith Quotes
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
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The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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I think you can soften people's hearts, even if they have a lot of hate. Music can do that if it's beautiful and honest. If I can do that - soften just one person's heart - I consider myself successful already.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
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God doesn't know things. He is things.
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Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.
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I think the key to getting rid of illegal immigration, no matter where its coming from, is that you need to have a good legal apparatus for immigration.
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I think we are living in paradise with regards to the ways we can amuse ourselves, communicate. We have such a richness of possibilities.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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I never chose money, I always chose people. I wanted to be around people who knew more than I did. I think that’s why I never fell in love with an actor. They never seemed to know any more than I did. I wanted to be with writers… My idea of a dream man was Thornton Wilder.
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I want to reach out and entertain people. I want people to come to a museum that have never been in a museum before. I want also to have enough art references in it that would satisfy the most sophisticated museum goer.
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I, personally, do not consider myself to be some kind of Holy Mary of feminism.
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I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
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I remember as a kid during devotional in church when the “old” people would say they woke up with a song on their heart. I guess “old” people wake up with poems on their hearts too.
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My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.
