Patrick deWitt Quotes
I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised by it. But you have to go with what feels right.
Patrick deWitt
Quotes to Explore
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Chinese consumption, particularly high-end consumption, is booming.
Wang Jianlin
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Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.
W. H. Auden
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They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.
Imran Khan
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Proposing inner-life solutions to our political and economic catastrophes is something done, say the critics, only by people who've spent more time in la-la land than in the 'real world.'
Parker Palmer
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I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
Ireland Baldwin
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Cows are gentle, interesting animals.
Ingrid Newkirk
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Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions.
Ibrahim Babangida
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Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.
Paloma Faith
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I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I don't hit it very far; I don't overpower a golf course, but I think I'm a pretty decent putter. At Augusta National, putting is premium.
Zach Johnson
The Fray
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
Gary Oldman
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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
Taya Kyle
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Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand and I began to scratch my first story on the inside of my mother's womb.' I started later, in my early twenties.
Harlan Coben
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My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except in second grade when an artistic genius passed through our school!
Natalie Babbitt
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I'm not in politics.
David Attenborough
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Music - special magic that communicates feelings and sensitivities that are human and what is so wonderful about the art. Let your kids get involved in the arts and study this workshop of human sensitivities, sadness, joy, happiness and aware of sadness and joy and happiness in their lives.
Al Jarreau
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When you have learned to walk in the light of the Lord, bitterness and contention are impossible.
Oswald Chambers
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I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised by it. But you have to go with what feels right.
Patrick deWitt
