I looked to animal and insect imagery to develop the lack of substance and wasted motion that my Terminator has. I tried to tap into the killer instinct inherent in animals, where they are locked onto a target and will walk through anything that gets between them and their intended target.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I thank God for schools that are serious about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are vital to perpetu... JAMES C. DOBSON My vision is to help each man, woman and child connect with their inherent psychic ability. I believ... SANDY ANASTASI The means are inconsequential, only the ens matter RITA STRADLING The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you. CRAIG GROESCHEL I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, ... KIM DAE JUNG They could either go to Target or try to find another toy retailer like K-B Toys. You would think Ta... JIM SILVER They taught me different was wrong. ANI DIFRANCO I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN People ask me what's the difference between how Wal-Mart and Target treat workers. I tell them Wal-M... BERNIE HESSE All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD I tried walking into a Target , but I missed. MITCH HEDBERG Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU Here I am walking down the street with a target on my chest because my dog has a muzzle that says, '... STEVE BARKER Israel is supposed to be the target [sometime between] 2006-2010...I assume our turn will come. In t... DR. YORAM KAHATI We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL My target was not to justify selling Patrick Vieira. He was a tremendous player and you never lose a... ARSENE WENGER Vents were added to the rear bonnet in 1972 and resulted in wet engines and starting problems, and t... CHRISTINA ENGELA Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD In places where marriage's core meaning has been altered through legal action, officials are beg... SALVATORE J. CORDILEONE Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th... DEYTH BANGER Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Their performance has been duly noted. They are an easy target and I'm not going to be drawn on that... GLYN TAYLOR Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev... A WALK TO REMEMBER I think any good government will target on the finishing date, that is, the polling day and make sur... ALEXANDER DOWNER I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. There will be a savings. Now that we're through one year (of restructuring) we understand there are ... KATHY KAWAGUCHI A teachable spirit and a humbleness to admit your ignorance or your mistake will save you a lot of p... RON CARPENTER JR. A book and a movie are different animals. You need a cinematic perspective to be involved in the mot... ASHWIN SANGHI A significant chunk of this operation will target the big cities - especially Delhi and Mumbai - as ... ARVIND MEDIRATTA I wish to emphasize that we only target military facilities and take every precaution to avoid civil... GIUSEPPE MARANI Rock/Metal bands should target merchandise for 'girls' because majority of them love shopping and th... PRAVIN PRAJAPATI Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I ... NICHOLAS SPARKS I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good w... MARGARET THATCHER In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH They can't get into a communication with a policeman because they feel like they will do something t... MARIA BOWDEN What that carries with it is seeing what is in front and what is beyond the intended target. STEVE HALL I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think "I'd tap that." ANONYMOUS I suppose I'm in that very small group of people who are not waiting for their own story to unfold. ... CAROL RIFKA BRUNT Well, well, well I am trap in well, half way to hell. DEYTH BANGER I'd rather be on the ground than under To feel the heavy rain and the thunder. ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how t... JAMES THURBER When people come and see my show, I try to infuse into them that they can walk away feeling like the... BEN VEREEN Sam and Patrick looked at me. And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific rea... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Successful entrepreneurs develop products that inspire their passion. They have to. It's that pa... MITCH KAPOR By the time I got into Juilliard, I was working at a Target distribution warehouse. It didn't ma... ADAM DRIVER I think they will target others. This is a test to see if the community will stand up to them. STEVE SMITH I believe that all men and women will be saved. PAT BUCKLEY When you start your journey towards your target, walk and then rest for a while and then walk again ... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN What would I have wanted to say if I had had the opportunity to see him one more time? I would like ... LISA J. SHULTZ Animals, they are one of the most beautiful gifts we have and, you know, if there are people that ha... ALYSSA MILANO The second half was very casual, we have to develop that killer instinct, and I don't think we have ... CHAR MORETT We also recommend building a target group of preferred customers. The two easiest ways to make money... BOB WOEHRLE The best way to destroy your enemies is to make them adopt your worldview BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Life is a competition to eliminate fear and doubts to double our life to live better not bitter in t... NAZIM AMBALATH They will be the team we target and try to beat. KATHERINE MOWAT The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The merging of characteristics between different species creates a very powerful language, one that ... VIRGINIA LEE Every time we catch an intended target, the confidence increases in my men. CAPT. HAZEM My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed. EDEN HAZARD As we increased the riskiness of a target, the neurons' activity would go up in the same way the mon... MICHAEL PLATT I think getting an early goal helps any forward. He has that killer instinct. Once he gets one, he w... JOSH WOLFF My parents tried for years -- they'd try to sneak things into my food, and anything that looked like... AMY MLINAR The moment I walk into a room, I have kind of like the Terminator's tracking system for where th... MIKE BIRBIGLIA Anything man can make, man can destroy. JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM When aspiring writers ask me about how they should target their writing, I tell them to pay no atten... CARRIE VAUGHN In fact, this target demographic is extremely influential and equally difficult to reach. They prefe... GEORGE MURPHY It's about that killer instinct, the great teams have that and we need to look for it. We need to te... C. VIVIAN STRINGER [A]nother thing about myths: they gather in and circumscribe their target audience. They make a coll... MARGARET ATWOOD Every man has been called to produce a certain number of products within the time allocated to him t... SUNDAY ADELAJA He's a killer, he gets the job done. He has no hidden agenda. He looks at the bottom line and goes f... PHILIP WOHL Everyone gets dumped and everyone gets hurt and there's karma to love in regards to what you'... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commerc... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I don't think she's a lesbian. I think she just ran out of men. [Charlotte] SEX AND THE CITY When you are with the wrong person, who doesn't really love you, all you want is to be adored. I... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I really like the look of the 1950s, lots of suburban Americana influences. I'm 5'4', so... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I am very curvy, so the vintage stores suit me better than most designers. I just can't seem to ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I have quite a lot of plastic sunglasses. It's just a nice accessory, it adds a final thing, and... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life gro... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I love natural beauty, and I think it's your best look, but I think makeup as an artist is so tr... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I'm not really part of that 'L.A. thing' or that celebrity culture. I'm more like so... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS This obsession with celebrity culture is really unhealthy. I don't want to live my life like tha... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Even when I see a beautiful woman, I think, 'Aw, her life must be amazing.' Everyone does it... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star ha... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Love is really my nemesis. I never really allowed myself to indulge in such basic things because I w... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Britney Spears is a big influence. Huge. I think people thought I was joking about that for a long t... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. [Stanford] SEX AND THE CITY I criticized the whole American songwriting industry and the pop side of it and I was bitter about i... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I often take things I find in vintage crawls and hand them to a very good seamstress, who then repli... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I've read every Madonna biography. I've also looked up every pop star to see how they first ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Oh my God, she's fashion road-kill! SEX AND THE CITY I love you, but I love myself more. SEX AND THE CITY
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You don't buy a Harley with your mind, you buy it with your heart and your balls. ROBERT PATRICK I think I have a good reputation around town as a hard-working actor who shows up and does his stuff... ROBERT PATRICK You don't buy a Harley with your mind, you buy it with your heart and your balls. ROBERT PATRICK They wrote a great character and it's been fun playing a guy that loves America, loves his job, beli... ROBERT PATRICK I was working around the backyard and I looked up, 'Is that snow? Right on.'We don't have to go all ... ROBERT PATRICK For something like 15 years, all I did was films or, you know, movies that I thought were going to b... ROBERT PATRICK We were marching since we were babies and all we did was make Jane Fonda famous. ROBERT PATRICK I wanted to be a sex goddess. And you can laugh all you want to. The joke is on me, whether you laug... ROBERT PATRICK The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked. SAINT PATRICK I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worth... SAINT PATRICK He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presen... SAINT PATRICK I was freeborn according to the flesh; I am born of a father who was a decurion, but I sold my noble... SAINT PATRICK I have had the good fortune through my God that I should never abandon his people whom I have acquir... SAINT PATRICK The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressi... SAINT PATRICK Let who will scoff and revile - I will not remain silent; neither will I conceal the signs and wonde... SAINT PATRICK I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, bec... SAINT PATRICK I have a Creator who knew all things, even before they were made - even me, his poor little child. SAINT PATRICK I have vowed to my God to teach the heathen, though I be despised by some. SAINT PATRICK No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small acco... SAINT PATRICK The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins. SAINT PATRICK It was not any grace in me, but God that put this earnest care into my heart, that I should be one o... SAINT PATRICK Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is H... SAINT PATRICK Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in h... SAINT PATRICK I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of ... SAINT PATRICK The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough. SAINT PATRICK The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed. PATRICK HENRY For organizations seriously committed to making teamwork a cultural reality, I'm convinced that ... PATRICK LENCIONI Teamwork is a strategic decision. PATRICK LENCIONI How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to ... PATRICK SWAYZE Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sen... PATRICK LENCIONI Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor... PATRICK HENRY Would any one believe that I am master of slaves by my own purchase? I am drawn along by the general... PATRICK HENRY Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps? PATRICK HENRY It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which... PATRICK HENRY Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never ... PATRICK HENRY The great object is that every man be armed. PATRICK HENRY This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one whic... PATRICK HENRY Fear is the passion of slaves. PATRICK HENRY The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I ... PATRICK HENRY We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our pow... PATRICK HENRY Do you remember any instance where tyranny was destroyed and freedom established on its ruins, among... PATRICK HENRY If this be treason, make the most of it! PATRICK HENRY I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. PATRICK HENRY There have been 111 Justices in the Supreme Court of the United States. Only three have been women. ... PATRICK LEAHY We need to consider nominations as thoroughly and carefully as the American people deserve. No one i... 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PATRICK KAVANAGH The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being... PATRICK KAVANAGH The exciting quality about Joyce is that when you read him, you are not told of the large public iss... PATRICK KAVANAGH What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true. PATRICK KAVANAGH A poet is never one of the people. He is detached, remote, and the life of small-time dances and tal... PATRICK KAVANAGH In its truest manifestation, where it gives judgments, poetry is super-luxury. It would be interesti... PATRICK KAVANAGH How strange a thing like that happens to a man. He dabbles in something and does not realise that it... PATRICK KAVANAGH Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination. PATRICK KAVANAGH I want to reveal in a simple way the usual - and unusual - life of the city; the corporation workman... PATRICK KAVANAGH There is nothing as dead and as damned as an important thing. 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PATRICK KANE I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about wha... PATRICK KANE Sometimes it's nice just being in your own room and having a quiet night and relaxing and gettin... PATRICK KANE I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be. PATRICK KANE There are some guys you definitely would not want dating your sister - especially hockey players. PATRICK KANE I always go home to Buffalo in the offseason. I really enjoy my home town. PATRICK KANE I want to be someone who can be a role model to kids - and to everyone, for that matter. PATRICK KANE I love scoring for the fans, for the team, for myself. That's not to say that I won't pass i... PATRICK KANE The little kids in the stands are going to give you a good cheer. Sometimes, that overrides the othe... PATRICK KANE I love to play the game, love to be around the rink, and love to joke around with my teammates and h... PATRICK KANE Anytime you hear different things - whether it's trade rumors or people saying you're not li... PATRICK KANE I love to score goals, and I love to plan my celebrations. PATRICK KANE I don't want to be satisfied with where I'm at or happy about what I've done. I want to ... PATRICK KANE Especially in the day and age now with social media and cameraphones and things like that, you alway... PATRICK KANE Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn. PATRICK KANE My favorite thing to do in this world is to be on the ice playing hockey and try to entertain fans a... PATRICK KANE It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself. PATRICK KANE Each social formation, through each of its material activities, exerts its influence upon the civic ... PATRICK GEDDES Instead of isolating our school and our many subjects from the every day world, we intend to plant i... PATRICK GEDDES But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time. PATRICK GEDDES I always related most to Steve McQueen because he was more of an outcast than Robert Redford or Paul... PATRICK FUGIT Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks d... PATRICK FUGIT There are these girls who live in Maryland: they're the Patrick Super Fan Club Association of Am... PATRICK FUGIT If you think you're going to work with Cameron Crowe and not get into his music, you're craz... PATRICK FUGIT It's a very enticing, very seductive place, but once you get to know what L.A.'s really like... PATRICK FUGIT The day after I got an agent, I got called in for a role in a TV movie called 'Legion Of Fire: K... PATRICK FUGIT One day, you're a nobody, and the next, you're in a movie that everybody is talking about. B... PATRICK FUGIT I'm not a very fast-paced person. PATRICK FUGIT I had an agent in Salt Lake City, but acting was more like a hobby. 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PATRICK EWING I've been to the Hall of Fame many times, in grade school and high school. I had field trips to ... PATRICK EWING This means a lot. I'm being recognized for all the blood, sweat and tears I put into a 17-year c... PATRICK EWING Most of the fans will still be Knick fans. PATRICK EWING I'm sure at some point I will get back into coaching, but right now I need to focus completely o... PATRICK EWING Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready. PATRICK EWING I'm just like any person who is coaching in this league, I'm just looking for an opportunity... PATRICK EWING When I played with the Knicks, I was just as important or just as smart as any other of the guards I... PATRICK EWING I've been an assistant for seven years now and I haven't had one head coaching interview. I&... PATRICK EWING Amare, Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups - they're virtually unstoppable. PATRICK EWING Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing 'New York Knicks' instead of 'Sea... PATRICK EWING Every parent wants to see their kids excel. PATRICK EWING Winning a ring is everybody's goal, whether you're a player or a coach. PATRICK EWING I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me an... PATRICK EWING If I want to average 32 points a game, I can do that easily. It's just eight, eight, eight, eigh... PATRICK EWING Everybody always thinks the grass is always greener. PATRICK EWING People think that just because you're a center, you're not as smart as the guards or the sma... PATRICK EWING Brooklyn, it's a great town, a great city. It's New York. PATRICK EWING I had a lump on my face and had a big cancer thing removed. PATRICK DUFFY I quit it because at the end of seven years in an ensemble show with one leader, I thought: 'I w... PATRICK DUFFY I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an archite... PATRICK DUFFY Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about dr... PATRICK DUFFY It's great to be able to do shows like 'Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door,' which ... PATRICK DUFFY I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reaso... PATRICK DUFFY I'm one of the lucky actors in television. I don't make a lot of big waves, but there's ... PATRICK DUFFY I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started ... PATRICK DUFFY I saw this thing years ago, where somebody filled a gymnasium with ping-pong balls and mousetraps. A... PATRICK DUFFY It's as simple as you can explain all of 'Dallas.' We're a dysfunctional family forc... PATRICK DUFFY I feel that marrying younger and being quite a young dad helped me with the stability of my career. PATRICK DUFFY Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors. PATRICK DUFFY There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you ma... PATRICK DUFFY The last episode of Dallas was in '1991.' Unfortunately, it was a terrible episode to end th... PATRICK DUFFY I do all the cooking in our family. I'm a utilitarian cook, rather than an adventurous one - I o... PATRICK DUFFY I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness ... PATRICK DUFFY Good luck happens to people who work hard for it. Sometimes people just fall into the honey pot, but... PATRICK DUFFY There is no such thing as a weekend for me when I'm at home on my ranch in Oregon. PATRICK DUFFY Every single unfortunate thing that happens, including, for instance, the murder of my parents, I am... PATRICK DUFFY The idea is this: It's important to upset one's work habits, to topple the cart for each pro... PATRICK DEWITT Many's the dead author whose body of work has been marred by overzealous publishers or family me... PATRICK DEWITT I don't consider Los Angeles home anymore; ultimately, it was pretty negative, but I did spend m... PATRICK DEWITT A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the wo... PATRICK DEWITT When you meet someone you love, whether or not they love you back, something occurs in you that make... PATRICK DEWITT I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised... PATRICK DEWITT The impetus for 'The Sisters Brothers' was it occurred to me that there was no neurosis in w... PATRICK DEWITT I am increasingly unimpressed by works of art that require a college degree to understand. I think t... PATRICK DEWITT If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong. PATRICK DEWITT Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tr... PATRICK DEWITT By the time I left the bar, I was 30. I was a dishwasher. They call it a bar-back, but essentially, ... PATRICK DEWITT The question about my Canadianness comes up a lot, and I'm never quite sure what to say about it... PATRICK DEWITT Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want t... PATRICK DEWITT At the age of seventeen, I decided I would spend my life writing fiction. I didn't know what thi... PATRICK DEWITT I carry a small spiral notebook with me at all times and have been doing this for many years. There&... PATRICK DEWITT I felt like love has been underrepresented - unironic love, just actually really falling in love. PATRICK DEWITT Whenever we changed schools, we had to make a new set of friends. At the time, of course, I hated it... PATRICK DEWITT More and more, I find myself turning away from everything relating to contemporary society. I don... PATRICK DEWITT All of my close friends are emotional train wrecks. This is what makes our lives interesting - const... PATRICK DEWITT Love is dangerous; it's not something to be trifled with. As good as it feels on the way in, it ... PATRICK DEWITT Lies can be wonderful things, and when a lie is told artfully, if it's done with a degree of cra... PATRICK DEWITT I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting... PATRICK DEWITT As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don... PATRICK DEWITT I think of myself as somebody who, in a moment-to-moment way, I'm quite happy. But I think I am ... PATRICK DEWITT I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people. PATRICK DEWITT When I left Maine, I always wanted to be a working actor. I never cared too much about being the sta... PATRICK DEMPSEY My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pr... PATRICK DEMPSEY My wife and I try not to get into each other's work too much. PATRICK DEMPSEY In Los Angeles, as I gained and lost celebrity, then gained it again, I often found myself wondering... PATRICK DEMPSEY I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought... PATRICK DEMPSEY With bikes, it is absolutely the case that you will get what you pay for. Invest in quality so it wi... PATRICK DEMPSEY If I can sleep in until 9 A.M. - wow, what a luxury. PATRICK DEMPSEY The best part about being married is feeling centered. Nothing else matters so much as long as you c... PATRICK DEMPSEY Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comed... PATRICK DEMPSEY You'll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house. PATRICK DEMPSEY I have a specialized racing bike, which is great because it has a solid build, is comfortable to rid... PATRICK DEMPSEY I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to ... PATRICK DEMPSEY I grew up in a house full of women. I have two older sisters and my mum who is a very strong woman. PATRICK DEMPSEY People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously. PATRICK DEMPSEY I did a play called 'On Golden Pond' in a dinner theater in Maine and then went to New York ... PATRICK DEMPSEY The worst part about being married is when you're not connecting. Your partner is going out the ... PATRICK DEMPSEY Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take... PATRICK DEMPSEY Housekeeping is incredibly difficult with three kids. I'm trying to be more relaxed. You'll ... PATRICK DEMPSEY Now I'm just known as McDreamy, I've lost all identity as Patrick Dempsey, I'm now McDre... PATRICK DEMPSEY I love having a big family. I think it's easier, oddly, in some ways, having three children as o... PATRICK DEMPSEY I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect l... PATRICK DEMPSEY