Patrick Ness Quotes

I got tired of books where the boy is a bit thick and the girl's very clever. Why does it have to such an opposition? Why can't they be like the girls and boys that I know personally, who are equally funny and equally cross? Who get things equally wrong and are equally brave? And make the same mistakes?

Patrick Ness

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 17, 1971

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I want to again highlight the desperate need for us to pull together - the world over - to tackle knife crime and teach everyone how sacred a life is.

Jermain Defoe

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It's fine to work on any problem, so long as it generates interesting mathematics along the way - even if you don't solve it at the end of the day.

Andrew Wiles

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People love fashion exhibits because they can fantasize. They can respond to a dress even if they can never wear a dress like that.

Andre Leon Talley

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I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

Ang Lee

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Football players are misunderstood. They aren't the dumb jocks people think they are.

Simone Elkeles

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I was actually signed at a very young age - I was 12 - and one thing led to another, and I ended up in a mutual split from the label. But it was probably the best thing that could have ever happened, because I was able to kind of leave the industry side of it for a minute and focus on the independent side.

Tori Kelly

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I'm a big supporter of the Second Amendment. But I think I have a First Amendment right not to be shot.

Michael Nutter

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What part of people is resistant to an artist doing more than one thing? Is it somehow perceived as greedy? Anyone who has that weird volition to become an actor probably has a weird volition to do lots of other creative things - to write, to play music, to paint, to cook.

Minnie Driver

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Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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It's going to be impossible in the 21st century for anyone to think about anything without a Chinese aspect.

David Tang

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I'm asking regular folks to be my super PAC.

Claire McCaskill

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The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

Brian May

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