Patrick deWitt Quotes
At the age of seventeen, I decided I would spend my life writing fiction. I didn't know what this entailed, exactly - a room, I supposed. A room and books and paper and solitude.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.
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I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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I loved the idea of somebody literally fighting for love.
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I believe that I'm a hillbilly in my values and in my attitudes, and I don't want to lose that. I think it's possible to maintain a big chunk of that identity so long as you're self-reflective and meaningful about it.
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There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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Writing is much, much harder than taking pictures because you have to man-haul it all out of your insides.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip.
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During my teenage years as an Islamist recruiter, I moved to live in self-contained communities in the London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets.
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Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.
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I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.
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Cats may sense early on that you don't like paw prints on your butter, but they will jump onto any surface in the home as long as no one sees it happen.
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There are many females in my life I couldn't function on a daily basis without who I've purposely put there that work with me.
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The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.
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At the age of seventeen, I decided I would spend my life writing fiction. I didn't know what this entailed, exactly - a room, I supposed. A room and books and paper and solitude.
