Patrick Ness Quotes
No one escapes from a war. No one. Not even the survivors. You accept things that would appall you at any other time because life has temporarily lost all meaning.
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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I was on 'SVU' for 11 years. I developed a muscle in my brain that could memorize things much more easily than people who don't do it every day. I got used to the language, and some of it got to be repetitive language, so you build your vocabulary.
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so much.
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I'm just going to have fun. Maybe that will be the most important thing to do.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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I don't look at family and what I do for a living as separate things. They're all kind of one thing, and this is part of their life just like it's part of mine.
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Before us lie two paths - honesty and dishonesty. The shortsighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For the wise know the truth; in helping others we help ourselves; and in hurting others we hurt ourselves. Character overshadows money, and trust rises above fame. Honesty is still the best policy.
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There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
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Most people, almost everyone knows of a teen mom. Teen pregnancy rates are growing, and we need to bring awareness to that.
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I'm much more interested in raising revenues for businesses than for the government.
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No one escapes from a war. No one. Not even the survivors. You accept things that would appall you at any other time because life has temporarily lost all meaning.
