Patrick Ness Quotes
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To be is to do.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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I have a trophy case that contains all the action figures ever made of me. It also has items I've stolen from my movies, like three guns and holsters from 'Serenity'.
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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I would say our sound is soul pop.
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What I write, I write. I'll always do it in some form.
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I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
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I always wanted to be a doctor and go to art school, but I thought I'd regret it if I didn't act.
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I've done literally 100, 150 different characters.
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I would actually like to play Bobby Brown. To me, he was just the King of R&B at one point.
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The Synod of Bishops has existed for forty years. In that long span of time it has been for all of us a good school for introducing us to the universal dimension of the Church.
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Social Security is fundamentally strong.
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Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first kind, they show you life like you want it to be. With villains getting what they deserve and the hero seeing what a fool he's been and marrying the heroine and happy endings and all that... But the second kind, they show you life more like it is... The first kind makes you cheerful and contented, but the second kind shakes you up.
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Nobody escapes during Lisa Lampanelli's show.
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A novelist writes a novel, and people read it. But reading is a solitary act. While it may elicit a varied and personal response, the communal nature of the audience is like having five hundred people read your novel and respond to it at the same time. I find that thrilling.
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I don't always wear underwear. When I'm in the heat, especially, I can't wear it. Like, if I'm wearing a flower dress, why do I have to wear underwear?
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No,' Ben says, 'but I believe it. I believe it for you. And that's why it's hope.
