Patrick Ness Quotes

If I sit down to write a young-adult novel, then I'm going to write either to the punch-pulling expectation of what I can't do, or I'm going to go the other way and think about what can I sneak in to be 'down with the kids' - which would be excruciating.

Patrick Ness

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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It seems to me that evolution adds greatly to the wonder of life because it takes it out of the realm of the arbitrary, the exceptional, and links it to the sequence of natural causation.

John Burroughs

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My big journey was around money. I was a successful writer, I was a musician, but I was just always broke.

Jen Sincero

JourneyMoneyAlwaysSuccessfulBig

My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight.

Maya Lin

WordsYouGoalDownEditingNeed

God's glory is the big news of the Bible, and my desire is that it would be all about me, but really it's all about God's glory.

Max Lucado

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I would have liked to come back in '300'; they did an origins film of '300' just recently, and it would have been fun to come back and see what happened to my character.

Robert Maillet

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Michael Jackson had a stable vision. He had a strong message, not only pop. People just fainted at his concert.

Miyavi

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Athletics carries its own set of truths, and those truths are diminished when manipulated by people with agendas.

Chris Crutcher

PeopleOwnAthleticsSetThose

I love Beyonce. She's so fierce. I also love Lily Allen, and she was an influence on my music.

Bridgit Mendler

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As I continued to grow throughout middle and high school, I began to expose myself to different areas of art like makeup, fashion, and later drag. I always had costumes laying around my house, so there were plenty of opportunities for me to dress up and turn a look.

Aquaria

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My strength as a singer is my versatility. I find it really frustrating when I'm only expected to show off. The music industry is awash with female acrobats. What happens to the song, and treating it for its sake and not as an ego example?

Alison Moyet

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When I was knowingly misled but only learned that much later, that's really when I started to become disillusioned at the White House.

Scott McClellan

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I don't ever want to lose my rawness or whatever. That makes a person special.

Tink

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