Patrick deWitt Quotes

All of my close friends are emotional train wrecks. This is what makes our lives interesting - constantly doubting ourselves, worrying, wondering if we've made a mistake. Could we have done better? Are we good people? Are we bad people?

Patrick deWitt

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GoodMistakePeopleBetterFriends

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

Jim Hightower

PoliticsTopRightBottomLeft

I'm definitely trying to make songs that people can sing along to and remember. If you can recognize a chorus and leave with it in your head, it's usually a good sign. But then with the verses, I can get a little more free form. I don't really like to copy and paste things.

Jillian Hervey

GoodPeopleFreeRememberYouI Can

Educated parents find more time to spend with their children by reducing time dedicated to home-based activities that involve little interaction with children.

Stephanie Coontz

ChildrenTimeParentsFindMore

No matter how you look at it, one person cannot be evaluated and paid in isolation of budgets.

Steven Sinofsky

IsolationYouLookPersonMatter

I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.

Christopher Reeve

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There was a solid year and a half, perhaps two years, after making 'Temple Grandin,' when I didn't do anything. I just didn't have much patience for roles that were silly, or light, or inconsequential.

Claire Danes

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They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon.

Bobby Sands

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I hate doing interviews. I get really bored talking about me.

Tim Rice

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To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.

Richard Whately

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There are quite a lot of YouTube clips of me that have gone viral. One that I think of is of a young woman at a lecture I was giving - she came from Liberty University, which is a ludicrous religious institution. She said, 'What if you are wrong?' and I answered that rather briefly, and that's gone viral.

Richard Dawkins

WomanMeThinkGivingYouWrong

Companies will need to pursue a more diversified business model, but I think those companies that have what I call a focused diversified business model will be more successful.

Kenneth Chenault

BusinessThinkFocusedWillNeed

After you've graduated, you're supposed to be an adult and go out into the world, and you're still not formed. It's an interesting... horrible, horrible time.

Kim Gordon

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