Patrick deWitt Quotes
My interest in words and literature is always changing. And every day of work is different, and it doesn't feel laborious in the way that, say, washing dishes did. I'm quite happy to be doing what I'm doing, and I feel very lucky.Patrick deWitt
Quotes to Explore
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
Daniel Burnham -
In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A., there are people who have never tried Indian food... they've never even tasted it!
Aasif Mandvi -
Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
Vincent Bugliosi -
You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
Taylor Swift -
I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
S. E. Hinton
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I'm not politically correct.
Kary Mullis -
Let us advance science to create a better world for all.
Dan Shechtman -
If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
Eden Phillpotts -
I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
Nat Wolff -
The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
Edmund Phelps -
I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
Warren Spector
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It's huge in the U.K., if someone's doing well, to put them down. That's what we do all the time. It's kind of like a cultural thing.
Maisie Williams -
Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
A. Philip Randolph -
Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
Marat Safin -
I think everyone is forgetting what plastic surgery is for - if you have a face-eating tumour, lose a breast or are involved in a car accident, then it's a good idea.
Sally Phillips -
Science is about unravelling nature.
N. R. Narayana Murthy -
I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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Both dreams and neurotic dream-states have as their function the avoidance of displeasure, but the dream-states also serve to provide a positive pleasure gain.
Karl Abraham -
I've always been the type of person to make everybody happy and get things done. I want everything to be 100% perfect.
Nicki Minaj -
I grew up where the repercussion of you having an opinion was being 'cocky,' or people would be mad at you. And I have finally learnt that it is better for them to be mad at you and disagree than you be so mad at yourself all of the time for not speaking up.
Paula Pell -
The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader.
Ben Okri -
What is it that you most fear hearing about your work?
Deborah Butterfield -
My interest in words and literature is always changing. And every day of work is different, and it doesn't feel laborious in the way that, say, washing dishes did. I'm quite happy to be doing what I'm doing, and I feel very lucky.
Patrick deWitt