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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I wouldn't mind having my heart broken because it would mean that I had that much feeling connected to somebody. And that would be really great.
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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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Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
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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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I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.
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I was born in the Coolidge administration. Can you believe that? So I've seen a lot of politics.
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There's only so much you can do until you get on set and see the aesthetics of what you're dealing with. Then you see what the other players are giving to you. It's all about the transfer of energy between different actors.
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I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don't think it does.
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No,' Ben says, 'but I believe it. I believe it for you. And that's why it's hope.
