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Restaurant critics all struggle with the difficulty of writing about eating without resorting to the word 'delicious' and its synonyms.


Bee Wilson

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OWEN WILSON If I'm not going to get a part, tell me why.
PATRICK WILSON I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme ...
PATRICK WILSON You're defined by your older brothers' or sisters' music.
PATRICK WILSON If I ever get looks on the street, which, for the record, is almost never, it's rarely because t...
PATRICK WILSON A heroic nature is very Greek.
PATRICK WILSON I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends.
PATRICK WILSON I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's i...
PATRICK WILSON In a normal movie, you'd never see one guy talk for an entire page, whether good or bad.
PATRICK WILSON I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
PATRICK WILSON There's such an immediate intimacy with film that you just don't get in theater.
PATRICK WILSON Nobody ever wants to really make someone feel bad.
PATRICK WILSON