Patrick deWitt Quotes
My first book didn't even have a Canadian publisher. And that upset me, because I so wanted a readership up there.
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Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
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Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
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I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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Every loan that we did in the City of Detroit in the 10 years they studied - between 2005 and 2014 - were conventional FHA, VA loans with average interest rates of 6%.
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I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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All the energy, all the pain, sweat and tears that go into it, the amount I had to put in to get me to where I had to play, it was more taxing on me physically and mentally than it was good for me.
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MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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A cheat day for me, the first thing that I crave, I'll eat. That's my rule. So if I wake up and I want pancakes, I'm gonna eat pancakes. If I want a cheeseburger for lunch or for dinner, I'm gonna eat it. If I want fries, I'm gonna eat the fries.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
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If you want to have prosperity here, we really have to see our small businesses able to grow and compete around the world.
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From a gameplay standpoint, I've said for years that hero, fiction, and tone have nothing to do with the idea that choices have consequences. And that's really what I'm interested in. I care about you showing how clever and creative you are.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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Everything I did is because I wanted to do it. If I weren't playing this arena, if I were playing a club, I'd still be doing it because that's what I want to do. I love playing the guitar.
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Part of our evolutionary heritage is the ability to adapt - species that survive, adapt. Humans adapt by altering their priorities to match evolving values.
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We have over 13 million people who supported my candidacy. And I have no doubt that there are some of those people who will not vote for Hillary Clinton.
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Ask an older person you respect to tell you his or her greatest regret.
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We can never put ourselves in the shoes of children; we cannot fathom their thoughts, we lend them ours; and always following ourown reasoning, we stuff their heads with extravagance and error.
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My first book didn't even have a Canadian publisher. And that upset me, because I so wanted a readership up there.
