Patrick deWitt Quotes
I was intentionally curbing the impulse to be funny and hiding the ability. I wrote any number of very serious attempts at poems, short stories, novels - horrible. At a certain point, I recognized that it was fun to write dialogue that had a degree of lightness and humor.
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A lot of the time I'm working with people who are older than me.
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You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
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North as well as South, the Negroes have emerged from slavery into a serfdom of poverty and restricted rights.
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I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
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I think everybody goes through things in their life where they're like, 'This does not make any sense,' or 'I don't understand why this is happening,' but that's part of the journey of faith.
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Mankind: A quality of life upgrade is available to each and every one of you. It should give you a quality of life upgrade, which means no drugs, no alcohol, no fast food - unless, of course, it's a mallard.
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With Rajoy, there is a taboo topic, which is the aspiration of Catalonia to decide its future.
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I shall never ask any pilot to go on a mission that I won't go on.
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Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.
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People want to get to know you. I don't think America got a chance to know me in that short time.
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If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat.
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I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.
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There's always going to be silly stuff out there in the media that you can't worry too much about, and I don't. We just keep on trucking, and I like the way my... I think there should be 'professional is professional, and personal is personal,' and that's just how I'm going to keep it.
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The boy and girl going hand in hand through a meadow; the mother washing her baby; the sweet simple things in life. We have almost lost track of them. On the one side, we over-intellectualize everything; on the other hand, we are over-mechanized. We can understand the danger of the atomic bomb, but the danger of our misunderstanding the meaning of life is much more serious.
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When I was a little boy, I always wanted to run. I loved competing with my friends.
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The only people I don't answer are bill collectors.
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I was intentionally curbing the impulse to be funny and hiding the ability. I wrote any number of very serious attempts at poems, short stories, novels - horrible. At a certain point, I recognized that it was fun to write dialogue that had a degree of lightness and humor.
