Patrick deWitt Quotes

As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don't want to be spoken down to. I want to be treated as a peer and to be made to feel welcome.

Patrick deWitt

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WelcomePresentFeelDownWantPeer

When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to act. Some folks would scream and holler, and I didn't know what to do with that.

Jill Scott

PeopleFamousGoKnowFirstAct

Nature best teaches how to pray, and how to reverence all the gifts the Almighty has given us. She is like a vast outspread handkerchief, embroidered with God's eternal name, on which we may dry alike our tears of sorrow and of joy; she turns weeping into ecstasy, and fills our hearts with speechless, quiet reverence and resignation.

Robert Schumann

NatureGodBestJoyTearsName

We are moving into a world where companies will be able to offer us products and services based on our last two hours of activity. This is both exciting and frightening at the same time.

Robert Scoble

TimeMovingWorldWillTwoSame

I grew up in a town without fathers.

Stephen Rodrick

WithoutUpTownFathersGrew

I like wearing beautiful clothes, but that does not translate into my work. People don't like to see me as a glam doll in my movies. My audience and the media love me with two different perceptions. It's a strange, crazy situation.

Sonam Kapoor

WorkLoveBeautifulPeopleMeCrazy

I became a singer and a songwriter by learning on the spot, so think I always need to be slightly out of my comfort zone when I do something. I've never stopped being experimental because that's how I started.

Roisin Murphy

LearningComfort ZoneThinkComfort

I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting.

Martin Puryear

WorkCarvingNecessaryTraditional

If advertisers want to decorate their ads to increase their conversions by showing what users think, that's a good thing.

Mitch Kapor

GoodThinkWantA Good ThingThing

We believe SpaceX will become the world leader in space transport, and we want our investors to be part of that future.

Luke Nosek

LeaderFutureSpaceWorldBelieve

You jump on a bike and start peddling. You fall down and you get up again. I've always been a 'learn by doing' kind of guy.

Judah Friedlander

BikeStartLearnDoingYouFall

My Roomba's name is Roswell. There is the moment when you are sitting on the couch and Roomba turns itself on and goes out and starts working. You really appreciate it because it works hard for you, and it deserves some kind of recognition.

Colin Angle

MomentNameAppreciateRecognition

I had a great childhood. I think writers are always better off when they have more twisted childhoods, but I didn't.

Anthony Shadid

GreatChildhoodThinkBetterMore

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