Patrick deWitt Quotes
Bernie Madoff is probably more nuanced then I'm giving him credit for, but I just couldn't get under his skin.
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Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.
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The intelligence community really is a vast bureaucratic entity, and it has been politicized in ways that are not effective for the gathering of intelligence and giving it to senior policymakers.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it's a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.
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Many past products advertised in old publications can be profitably promoted all over again. Sometimes, just by giving them a new twist or modern application, you'll hit a real winner.
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
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I'm just a musician and a record producer.
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Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.
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You can express your generosity in ways that are virtually limitless. This was what I wanted to convey in 'Giving 2.0' - that whether you have $10 or $10 million to give, if you identify the right opportunities and make the most of your resources, your impact can be tremendous.
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Money just draws flies.
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This experience has also humbled me by giving me a true understanding of what millions of others face each day in their own fight against cancer.
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What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.
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You are just your intelligence.
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It's all about connectivity - not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That's what makes a city go.
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Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.
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I just write mechanical things.
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As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.
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To give up is easy. But to hold it together when everyone else thinks you'd fall apart is true strength.
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I think that much of this was running in background as I contemplated whether or not to attend the PS 99 reunion, although I certainly anticipated that I would not; it smelled like death, not youth.
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For everyday, we like Beaujolais, Grenache or Syrah, and we like a lot of it! It's a family tradition: We would never consider having a meal without wine.
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No matter how cutting-edge Hollywood may seem, it is still delayed in how it views people: If producers do not perceive me as an Iranian girl, then I cannot play an Iranian girl. If you aren't perceived as a full black girl, then it makes it more difficult to play a black girl on TV.
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Is there any vanity greater than the vanity of those who believe themselves without it?
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Bernie Madoff is probably more nuanced then I'm giving him credit for, but I just couldn't get under his skin.
