Patrick Stump Quotes
When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try to treat the world better than it treated you.
Quotes to Explore
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.
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I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
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L.A. is a great place to write because you have a lot of space. I have a big office at home, I can leave the doors open. Flowers bloom all year. But it's unglamorous in all the right ways.
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Studying music in a conservatory would be stifling for me, although I respect people who can do it. And by no means am I an expert at notating music or music theory - that's not really my world.
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My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!
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When you have an engagement, at least in my world, the world that I create for myself, an engagement doesn't begin when you hit the stage and end when you leave the stage. It begins when you hit the city limits, and it ends when you leave the city limits.
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I know in my life there's stuff that will come back because I haven't dealt with it, and it's the same with everybody.
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Yet through history gays have always dominated religious life and churches.
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When I see someone for the first time in a while, and they ask, 'How have you been?' or 'What have you been up to?', it's politeness but a bit of a conversation stopper.
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Getting to the point where I was ready to write a book has been about a 20-year journey of being, really honestly, too afraid to try - which I think is pretty common for people who are trying to write a large piece of fiction.
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We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.
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Because we self-published 'Draculas,' we control the rights. Not just for now, but forever.
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I wish we could get a national buddy network going. It would be a great thing for the American people.
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The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live.
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The whole idea of play is in finding, acknowledging, and then working with the natural constraints and limitations that you find in the world.
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One can become enthusiastic over anything. For a time I was delighted with bomb throwing. It gave me a tremendous pleasure to bomb those fellows from above.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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The thing I miss about Russia the most is what is called 'black bread.' It's rye bread, and everyone eats it. I slice mine up and put sunflower oil and salt on it... the best thing ever. It was like a little treat for me when I was a kid.
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When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try to treat the world better than it treated you.
