Patrick deWitt Quotes

Whenever we changed schools, we had to make a new set of friends. At the time, of course, I hated it. But looking back now, I'm really glad I did, because it forces independence on you.

Patrick deWitt

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TimeLooking BackLookingFriends

Yeah, it's nice to look up to people, but the more you try to be somebody else, the less you are of yourself.

Joe Montana

YourselfPeopleYouLookNiceTry

There's a big difference between sanity and insanity.

Megan Gallagher

InsanityDifferenceBigSanity

In the gym, people's enthusiasm tends to get the best of them. They realize this is their opportunity to say hello or that they love my work... It doesn't matter how profusely you're sweating.

Sterling K. Brown

WorkLoveOpportunityBestPeople

I cringe at backstory. Because it never quite explains or gets into some psychological thing that is never quite right and never quite the truth and who knows why someone is some way.

Steve Martin

TruthSomeoneWhyWayNeverRight

A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets has no charm for me. If the Union is dissolved and government disrupted, I shall return to my native state and share the miseries of my people, and save in defense will draw my sword on none.

Robert E. Lee

GovernmentPeopleMeSwordWill

You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover.

Michelle Bachelet

BeachWalkSimpleYouDreamKnow

I think my life did go the way it was supposed to go for me.

Mindy McCready

LifeMeThinkMy LifeGoWay

Words are most malignant, the most treacherous possession of mankind. They are saturated with the sorrows of all time.

Louis Sullivan

TimeWordsMankindMostSaturated

So is man's heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.

Jules Verne

WorkHeartManWorldSurviveLiving

Genre-spanning is the effort to make the live show interesting. It's also a great way to challenge yourself as a writer.

Jason Mraz

LiveGreatChallengeYourselfEffort

The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.

Clarence Darrow

WorldStrongOpinionsNeverAnything

A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable.

Antonin Scalia

SearchNothingBottomHappensEven

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