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.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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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!
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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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.
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I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
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I'm not politically correct.
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Let us advance science to create a better world for all.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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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.
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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.
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Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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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.
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Science is about unravelling nature.
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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.
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It was a gradual process, realising I was different. I remember at primary school getting a worksheet with sums printed on it. I thought that they must have run out of the right colour inks and sizes for the numbers, because they were all the same, which isn't how I experienced numbers at all. To me, nine is big and blue.
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I love the melody of an unknown language, the strange food, all the surprises of a strange town, and my own impatience and curiosity ... I love traveling as others love the gaming table; I anticipate a new place as others anticipate the next number to come up.
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Perhaps there was a natural process at work here; a means by which the mind dealt with experiences that contradicted a lifetime’s prejudices about the nature of reality. People simple forgot.
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The people that know the industry better than anybody are the people who work in the industry.
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Authenticity doesn't just mean you're not filtering what you're saying, it's about being able to know and access the best parts of yourself and bring them forward.
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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.
