Patrick Ness Quotes
Choices may be unbelievably hard but they're never impossible. To say you have no choice is to release yourself from responsibility and that's not how a person with integrity acts.
Quotes to Explore
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I think it is impossible to explain faith. It is like trying to explain air, which one cannot do by dividing it into its component parts and labeling them scientifically. It must be breathed to be understood.
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Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.
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When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
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However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.'
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Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.
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I feel a responsibility to the fans who have paid to see me and I want to give as good a show as I possibly can.
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Whether it is a super PAC or not, I have been blessed with wealth, and I think I have responsibility to use it properly.
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Thank you for the sacrifices you and your families are making. Our Vietnam Veterans have taught us that no matter what are positions may be on policy, as Americans and patriots, we must support all of our soldiers with our thoughts and our prayers.
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A stereotype may be negative or positive, but even positive stereotypes present two problems: They are cliches, and they present a human being as far more simple and uniform than any human being actually is.
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I never wanted to be that person who leaves 'SNL' and nothing happens.
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Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
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It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.
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Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough rainy days, we may just finish it by Labor Day, but if not, there's no harm, no penalty. We may have better things to do.
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If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.
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However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.
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We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
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I love getting told no 'cause then I fight even more.
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The one job that machines cannot do is be a cruel plutocrat. That’s why humans are still needed.
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The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.
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I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.
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Choices may be unbelievably hard but they're never impossible. To say you have no choice is to release yourself from responsibility and that's not how a person with integrity acts.
