Patton Oswalt Quotes

I don't want to get into extended conversations with people on MySpace, because there are friends I have extended conversations with every day.

Patton Oswalt

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DayPeopleFriendsEvery DayWant

In orbit, you're keyed up and aware of everything going on, every little noise, anything that may have special meaning because of where you are.

John Glenn

MeaningYouSpecialEverythingNoise

I have all my life fought against prejudice, having been subjected to it myself.

John Galliano

LifeMyselfMy LifePrejudiceBeen

Some people think of the '50s as a time of innocence, but they are misremembering it or reinventing it: if you look at the papers of the time, they are filled with dread and anxiety.

Andrew Sean Greer

TimePeopleThinkAnxietyInnocence

There is something about seeing real people on a stage that makes a bad play more intimately, more personally offensive than any other art form.

Anatole Broyard

ArtPeopleSeeingBadPlayMore

As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turneth to the deadliest hate.

John Lyly

LoveBestHateWineDeepestVinegar

All media owners want to attract advertising revenue. Google is no different.

Maurice Saatchi

AdvertisingMediaWantGoogleOwners

People look at me and go, 'You must have it made. You have girls. You have a great life.' It's not true. I mean you pull the curtain away, and you see I'm just as insecure and neurotic and scared and vulnerable as anybody, you know.

John Stamos

LifeGreatPeopleMeYouLook

I spent a lot of years working for Ralph Lauren, and he had so many copycats, from Tommy Hilfiger to Abercrombie & Fitch to J.Crew.

John Varvatos

YearsWorkingHeManySpentLauren

I don't care what people say about me.

Roger Daltrey

PeopleMeCareSayPeople SayAbout

I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That's always a challenge.

Rita Coolidge

ChallengeExcellenceMeChallenges

You can't be dismissive of important things. You have to speak out, even if you don't get the results you would like to have.

Rob Halford

SpeakYouResultsImportantOutGet

When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit.

Constantin Brancusi

EyesWaterThinkRealityFishBody

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