Patrick deWitt Quotes

I don't consider Los Angeles home anymore; ultimately, it was pretty negative, but I did spend my formative years in the Valley and all around L.A. proper. Through my teenage years and into my young adulthood, up until the age of 30, I spent a good amount of time there.

Patrick deWitt

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There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.

John Bunyan

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Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

Ambrose Bierce

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Senator Mikulski has done an outstanding job representing Maryland in the U.S. Senate for nearly 30 years.

Martin O'Malley

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Even now, most people call me Joy or Joe Lee or Joey. It's all fine with me. The only time I correct them is when they refer to me as Spike Lee's sister.

Joie Lee

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Everything in Venice is just a little bit creepy, as much as it's beautiful.

Christopher Moore

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I get asked, 'Who would you really like to work with?' I'm already working with them. Smart, talented, funny people, good musicians, an extended family, good friends.

Christopher Guest

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Now, with social media, it's a whole different world, which is good and bad. Back when I was in college, when there was no Twitter, no one knew what Vera Wang looked like - there was no face to the brand.

Christian Siriano

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It was delightful but, of course, it was pretty insulting to my professional reputation.

Anthony Holden

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Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick.

Pierre Beaumarchais

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I'm not the kind of person who is on television and in magazines every five minutes selling clothes or washing machines.

Sylvie Guillem

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New York and Los Angeles are really one city, and the rest of the country is America.

Marshall Brickman

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When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.

Lynn Abbey

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