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.Patrick deWitt
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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.
Dan Colen -
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.
Valerie Plame -
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.
Pat Paulsen -
You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
Oprah Winfrey -
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.
Taylor Swift -
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.
E. Joseph Cossman
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
Gavin O'Connor -
Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.
Beatrice Wood -
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.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen -
Money just draws flies.
Mahalia Jackson -
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.
Farrah Fawcett -
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.
Patrick Swayze
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You are just your intelligence.
Kalpana Chawla -
It's all about connectivity - not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That's what makes a city go.
Dan Gilbert -
Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.
Fran Drescher -
I just write mechanical things.
Barry Zito -
Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.
Zubin Mehta -
I'll never retire. I'm just using up somebody else's oxygen if I retire.
Sam Phillips
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...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's certainly not available to someone merely because he is the high bidder. A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters. As your work gets better and your art becomes more important, competition for your gifts will increase and you'll discover that you can be choosier about whom you give them to.
Seth Godin -
I'd rather have 100,000 people who really get what I'm doing and like it for what it is than a million who can take it or leave it.
Kacey Musgraves -
Before I'd even started doing music or having opportunities with my own music, I was studying production and business and stuff anyway. I knew there were so many jobs within the music industry - songwriting or session playing or working at a label - and I was really interested in how it all works.
Gabrielle Aplin -
To be a good actor you have to feel life and observe life.
Lane Garrison -
Under the Trump administration, the traditional structure of White House oversight of American offensive and defensive cyberactivities is being dismantled.
David E. Sanger -
Bernie Madoff is probably more nuanced then I'm giving him credit for, but I just couldn't get under his skin.
Patrick deWitt