Patrick White Quotes
When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.
Quotes to Explore
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I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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To understand the hidden secret of the modern industrial world in which I find myself, I have to return to another world. That world is at once wartime Nice and the plantation - the sugar isles on which Europe's prosperity was built.
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In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.
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The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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My mom is incredibly stylish, and she gets it from my grandmother. I feel like I can't live up to how chic they are as women. They are great role models for aging gracefully, and that's a thing that is very key that I try to always emulate.
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My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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I'm sure you can imagine it's pretty frustrating to have people talking about your private life who don't know anything about it.
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It is as well perhaps that this is not the first time I have been swept off my feet. In the days of my blessed youth there were such occasions; in what young person's life do they not occur?
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In order to achieve great things in your life, you have to be consistent in what you are doing.
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In this world, you do your job, a good job, and that's what counts.
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When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.
