Patrick deWitt Quotes

I've got a publicist at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt who's been working little miracles for me, but it's true the budgets aren't what they once were in terms of advertisement and book tours.

Patrick deWitt

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MeBookMiraclesTrueLittleBeen

I don't like to lose, man. I think that's where it starts for me. If we're not winning games, then I don't smile too often.

Jimmy Butler

SmileManMeWinningThinkLose

I think the Moslem faith teaches hate.

Jerry Falwell

FaithHateThinkI ThinkTeaches

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

LiteratureNationDecline

One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you've no chance.

John Barrow

GoodTalentLuckChanceYouTop

I continually took jobs I really wasn't really qualified for.

Amy Hood

JobsTookReallyQualified

I'm not here today to tell you government doesn't have a role to play. It does, but it needs to be the right role.

Rob Portman

TodayGovernmentYouPlayRight

Choosing sepia is all to do with trying to make the image look romantic and idealistic. It's sort of a soft version of propaganda.

Martin Parr

RomanticTryingLookImageSoft

Real Madrid were the ideal club for me, and, when I knew they were interested, I couldn't think about anything else.

Luka Modric

MeThinkRealClubAnythingKnew

I had to live on $17,000 a year until I was 33, because I was a failed artist until I was 29, when I made my first short film that went to Sundance.

Jay Duplass

LiveShortYearArtistFirstFilm

My father is a big guy; he's had a quadruple bypass surgery, and that's scary. Those are real things that happen in families with overweight people, and I don't want that.

Chrissy Metz

FatherPeopleWantRealScaryBig

I was offered seven deals from seven different major labels between 2009-2011, and to be quite honest... nowadays, you need a hit record, a great radio team, an amazing PR firm, social media, a big budget, a team that is ready to work extremely hard, and the drive and passion to win!

Ashanti

WorkPassionGreatSocial MediaTeam

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.

Alfred Hitchcock

LifeDramaOutCutDullBits

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