Patrick Ness Quotes
You said we all want there to be more than this! Well, there's always more than this. There's always something you don't know.
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Inappropriateness is funny to me. Rudeness is hilarious.
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With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.
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Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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One of the fine moments in 1940s film is no longer than a blink: Bogart, as he crosses the street from one bookstore to another, looks up at a sign.
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I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.
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RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
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I've started working on a new album, I'm writing a new book... there are a lot of good things on the horizon.
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It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.
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First and foremost, I look for a great script. Then, the team that I am working with. Only then, we will be able to come up with a good film.
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Only a completely unintelligible God can be said to be absolutely good and absolutely powerful yet tolerate the world as it is.
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I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.
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Pitbull is great with brands. Endorsements with hip-hop artists work because hip-hop artists typically set the most trends... It's every brand's goal to be seen in the mainstream, and hip-hop music has become mainstream music.
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Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.
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Vegas has the Whitman's Sampler of audiences. They come from all different places, so you have to do some crowd psychology. You have to find the heartbeat of the room. It doesn't shift my jokes, but it shifts my timing and my attention.
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I believe women are the glue of everything.
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The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.
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I was an athlete, so I hung out with the jocks. I was smart, so I hung out with the nerdy kids. I was also into theater, so I hung out with the misfits... So I was always in different groups, and those groups never quite overlapped. The racial part of it was just another one of those groups, in one sense.
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Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.
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Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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My dad had been an ardent amateur photographer, and he taught me to compose a photograph from the back to the front, and then populate the picture.
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And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.
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You said we all want there to be more than this! Well, there's always more than this. There's always something you don't know.
