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 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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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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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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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.
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It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.
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I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.
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People think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it's easy to be chewed up and spat out. You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it.
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You can play older than yourself. You can play younger than yourself up to a point, and then that just becomes impossible because you carry a weight with you that you can't shift, unless you have very boyish looks.
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With 'True Detective,' you have a lot of time. How I like to describe it... it's like you're filming a theater piece.
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The truly erotic sensibility, in evoking the image of woman, never omits to clothe it. The robing and disrobing: that is the true traffic of love.
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It is a true story, the monster said. Many things that are true feel like a cheat.
