Patrick Ness Quotes
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.
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We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth on television. If you look up the definition of what news is, it isn't that what we're watching on the new - it's entertainment.
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I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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The function of the killer and watching him - whatever that says about the world in which we live - it was always more about that world than it was about the actual watching.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.
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Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.
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In our experience, what we have found is the rare commodity is a good management team. And good management teams manage through good and bad cycles and manage to grow their business over a long period of time.
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We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.
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Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about driving after a couple of bottles of very nice wine. For me that's the ideal combination: working hard and enjoying the fruits of your labour.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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It is true I'd rather get a hole in one than win an Academy Award.
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.
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When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
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All giving is asking, and all asking is an asking for love.
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You love him," he says. Not an asking, just a fact. "I do," I say. Also a fact.
