Patrick deWitt Quotes
If I were to continue to work in an established mode, it stands to reason the work would be limited by this - that it would never surpass the prior work in quality.
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
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When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed.
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I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I deserve a break. Besides, there are talented singers around who can do justice to their work.
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When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring.
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I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me.
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Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
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How are the cabs in your city? In Manhattan, where I work, they are rather awful.
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What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in.
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All tastes have the quality of being in some way artificial and invented. The secret of life is to have enough detachment from your tastes and your values to see that they are a little bit absurd.
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My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.
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It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work.
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Letters actually work. Even the top dog himself takes time every day to read 10 letters that are picked out by staff. I can tell you that every official that I've ever worked with will tell you about the letters they get and what they mean.
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I think everyone in Hollywood works on multiple things because you never know what's going to happen with your projects.
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In committing an estimated 3,000 U.S. forces to join international Ebola relief efforts in West Africa, President Obama seems to be fulfilling the plans of highly influential progressive groups who seek to transform the American military into more of a social-work organization.
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I don't always have the best eating habits. I like butter and ice cream. There are days when I should work out and I don't. But it's never too late to change old habits.
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In Congress, I'll work hard to encourage investment in education, particularly with respect to technology and bridging the digital divide.
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I never wanted to be that person who leaves 'SNL' and nothing happens.
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I've never won many awards, I didn't get certificates for swimming or anything.
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For the youth, the indignation of most things will just surge as each birthday passes.
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After you produce you can select. you can curate. you can censor. But for now, have bad ideas, lots and lots of bad ideas.
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Kids need to see their world reflected back to them.
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I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.
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Maryland is one of the greatest schools that we have in this country.
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If I were to continue to work in an established mode, it stands to reason the work would be limited by this - that it would never surpass the prior work in quality.
