Patrick Ness Quotes
The green things of this world are just wondrous, aren’t they?” his mother went on. “We work so hard to get rid of them when sometimes they’re the very thing that saves us.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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As an author, I really hate a reader like me. There's no loyalty.
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The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
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I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.
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As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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It's a very hard industry, and it's very cold. It's loving for when you have a hit record, but when you don't have anything going on, there's really not much support.
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The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years.
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A good name is like a precious ointment; it filleth all around about, and will not easily away; for the odors of ointments are more durable than those of flowers.
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At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book.
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When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
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I don't think it should be allowed for people to start working at a young age and not take the time to just be living as themselves in the real world, especially now in this new age of new media and the obsession with celebrity. I think it's a real crime.
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I felt it (tighten) when I first took off and I tried to slow down,
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The green things of this world are just wondrous, aren’t they?” his mother went on. “We work so hard to get rid of them when sometimes they’re the very thing that saves us.
