Patrick deWitt Quotes
I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
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I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.
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If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
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I was interested in the war part of 'Star Wars,' so I started reading about what it's like to go to war, what that does to you psychically, about the adrenaline and the rush.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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I don't like men who blow-dry their hair. If you are a man and you blow-dry your hair, then I don't like you and that's all there is to it.
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When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
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I just wanted to play as long as I could. When you stop playing, you're not going to get it back. When you don't enjoy it, that's the time to pack it in.
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I once had a friend who did the hair for sci-fi movies, and after a particularly bad break-up I stupidly went to her salon and told her she could do anything she liked. She dyed the bottom cherry red and the top peroxide blonde.
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Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead.
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I want to make music, I want to act, I want to sing, I want to do something that doesn't make my skin erupt.
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I was in better shape when I went into boot camp than when I came out.
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I've been racketeered on.
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Shaving half my head was a look that meant I could go punkier with my style.
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I try to cook dinner, but it's difficult when I'm working.
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I just got sick of not being able to raise money for a movie - that's what happens, so I just made my own.
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I'm a Hawaiian shirt guy. I've made that life decision.
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That was FedEx Field the way I sure remember it, ... We needed everything we could get today to win this game.'
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It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So without the study of nature there is no enjoyment of pure pleasure. (12)
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Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
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I am sure my fellow-scientists will agree with me if I say that whatever we were able to achieve in our later years had its origin in the experiences of our youth and in the hopes and wishes which were formed before and during our time as students.
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I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
