Patrick Ness Quotes
There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between.
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I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.
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The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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We are ready to work hard, work together to re-elect President Barack Obama. We must do it because women deserve to make their own choices and determine the course of their lives.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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When you cover politics, you realize that knowing how to talk about character matters more and more. The way we hold ideas is more important than the ideas.
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And if he be too forward to venture upon his own strength and skill, and perplexity and trouble of a misadventure now and then, that reaches not his innocence, his health, or reputation, may not be an ill way to teach him more caution.
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One of the most precious parts of acting is the work before you show up on the set, the time you spend being with your character before you bring that character to life. To me, that's the most rewarding part of it all. It feels very good to show up on a set just knowing that's with you.
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I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.
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There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between.
