Patrick Ness Quotes
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
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The average Indian doesn't care about Hollywood movies because they have far too many movies of their own to watch, to miss, and I hope a story like 'Million Dollar Arm,' that is actually about India and deals with these two Indian kids, resonates over there and makes people want to go and see the movie.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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Ending Iran's nuclear threat and bringing it into the international community of law-abiding nations is one of the most pressing U.S. foreign policy objectives.
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I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.
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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.
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How much does it really matter whether your child will soon be enjoying a first year at Harvard or Yale or will instead end up at her third or fourth or fifth choice? Probably much less than you think.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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Our intent of how we're going to play doesn't change.
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Where the bricks are fallen We will build with new stone Where the beams are rotten We will build with new timbers Where the word is unspoken We will build with new speech There is work together A Church for all And a job for each Every man to his work.
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My kids don't really like when I sing for some reason...but they like when I play guitar. So I started writing songs just playing guitar for them.
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If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space.
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One doesn't become a soldier in a week - it takes training, study and discipline. There is no question that the finest Army in the world is found in the United States.
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TRUE! - nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?
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It is a true story, the monster said. Many things that are true feel like a cheat.
