Patrick Ness Quotes
I try to avoid describing one interpretation of my books. Of course I have an opinion. I have things I want to say, but I don't ever want to limit anybody, to have them say, 'Oh, he said this, so that's what it's about.' I'm happy people bring their own stuff to it.
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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I wouldn't just have other people write songs and me go out and sing it. I would sit down with a guitar and write 11 or 12 good songs for an album and that is gonna take a long time.
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It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.
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All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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In India, by and large, women are not educated enough to be bread winners and, within the moorings of traditional cultures, do not have the courage and the capacity to leave the matrimonial home. Given the inequality prevalent in family structures, the woman's right to opt out is suicidal.
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In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
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War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
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After a lifetime of living on hope because there is nothing but hope, one loses the taste for victory.
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Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off.
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Good hymns are an immense blessing to the Church. They train people for heaven, where praise is one of the principal occupations.
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People will like to say that 'Eastern Promises' is brutal, but the only reason they say that is because the scenes stick with them. They are realistic. They are in-your-face and you see the consequences. It's not a bunch of quick editing cuts.
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The Tories and the Lib Dems talk about social mobility, but, short of winning the lottery, the only way to guarantee young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to do better and to raise aspirations is through education.
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I try to avoid describing one interpretation of my books. Of course I have an opinion. I have things I want to say, but I don't ever want to limit anybody, to have them say, 'Oh, he said this, so that's what it's about.' I'm happy people bring their own stuff to it.
