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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I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
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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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There aren't a whole lot of things I want out of life. My bucket list is extremely short: Achieve the success in the industry I want, and get married. If I achieve both of those, I can die completely stoked. I don't need anything else.
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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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You work with some people, you see a spark in them and you can't help praising them. But everyone has their own destiny. No one can make anyone. Who reaches where and when, is all written.
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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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I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me.
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By fostering the economic health and vitality of local communities throughout the country, community banks play a central role in our national economy. One important aspect of that role is to serve as a primary source of credit for the small businesses that are responsible for creating a substantial proportion of all new jobs.
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Many people talk about winning two straight gold medals, but I'm not focusing on defending the title.
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To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.
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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.
