Pat Paulsen Quotes
So I got into growing grapes, not realizing that there was a heck of a lot more to it than meets the eye.
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I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I think people have thrown a lot of things on me. Where I always felt like I'm not supposed to tell the horn section what to play or I don't want to come off egotistical.
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When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
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I like sitting close to windows.
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People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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The Afro-American is not a bestial race.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.
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Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it.
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There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'
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My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.
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Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.
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I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
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The Bauhaus strives to bring together all creative effort into one whole, to reunify all the disciplines of practical art - sculpture, painting, handicrafts, and crafts - as inseparable components of a new architecture.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.
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Play within the system. Be a decision maker.
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I always wanted to be less tall. When I was at school I was the same height as all of my girlfriends and then suddenly I was turning 12 and almost overnight I got really tall.
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Being an actor is lot like being a dancer: you always have to go back to the bar and either work or take classes. Otherwise, you'll get rusty.
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When people used to ask me what I missed about America, I would say, 'The optimism.' I grew up in the land of hope, then moved to one whose catchphrases are 'It's not possible' and 'Hell is other people.' I walked around Paris feeling conspicuously chipper.
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So I got into growing grapes, not realizing that there was a heck of a lot more to it than meets the eye.
