Patrick Ness Quotes
Why can't we learn to live with how we are? And whatever anybody chooses is okay by the rest of us?
Quotes to Explore
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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
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After I'd produced about two dozen pen and ink drawings, one evening I decided that they needed poems to accompany them. I still have no idea where that notion came from, but it took me about two hours to produce verses for these creatures.
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Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.
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As I see it, a green salad is an open invitation to carrots, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and the sprouts that grow in jars on my kitchen counter.
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To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right.
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I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like painting pictures through the words, and that's what I do.
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By 2025, we can expect the world to be completely digital. Paper books will be a thing of the past. Education will be delivered through analytics-based assessment tools and adaptive learning platforms.
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One of the strangest aspects of living with certain kinds of memory loss is knowing that the forgetting is happening.
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I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it.
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I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.
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I've often reflected on this in the past weeks as I've been following the presidential campaign: Very often, I thought it would have been great for both of these guys to sit down and be force-fed a couple of dozen episodes of Star Trek.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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I'm confident and really optimistic.
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As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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More than ever, I am convinced that history has meaning - and that its meaning is terrifying.
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Even now, when people ask me, 'Why did you take the job at Uber?' I say because my gut told me to.
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I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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Humanity lives and always has lived on certain elemental provisions.
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All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims.
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Why can't we learn to live with how we are? And whatever anybody chooses is okay by the rest of us?
