Patrick Ness Quotes
I was only following orders," the Mayor mocks. "The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.
Patrick Ness
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Writing is, by its nature, interior work. So being forced to be around people is a great gift for a novelist. You get to be reminded, daily, of how people think, how they speak, how they live; the things they worry about, the things they hope for, the things they fear.
Hanya Yanagihara
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
Candy Crowley
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
Adam Ferguson
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Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.
Edith Wharton
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
Ban Ki-moon
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If we continue to fight the National Rifle Association on their home court, which is the legislative front, I think we'll continue to be frustrated. But when you have an ability to go directly to the public, that's a completely different field of engagement, and I think the NRA is not adept at that kind of engagement.
Gavin Newsom
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All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.
Xenophon
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I've been lucky to learn by playing all kinds of roles and watching all kinds of really good cinematographers, actors, and directors for many years before people were even aware of me in terms of audience.
Viggo Mortensen
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Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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Sometimes shooting on a smaller scale, as long as things don't blow out of proportion, is very liberating.
Daniel Craig
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If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth.
Daisy Berkowitz
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I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.
Penelope Spheeris
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As long as man labors for a physical existence, though an act of necessity almost, he is yet natural; it is life, though that of this world, for which he instinctively works.
Jones Very
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If you want a more productive economy, you need to invest in the skills of our workforce.
Jeremy Corbyn
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We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.
Dorothy Day
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If we focus on our health, including our inner health, our self-esteem, and how we look at ourselves and our confidence level, we'll tend to be healthier people anyway, we'll tend to make better choices for our lives, for our bodies, we'll always be trying to learn more, and get better as time goes on.
Queen Latifah
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I was only following orders," the Mayor mocks. "The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.
Patrick Ness
