Kathryn Lasky Quotes
Gylfie looked at Soren gravely. 'That is why we must learn how to fly before the next newing.''But I won't be ready. I won't have enough feathers,' Soren said.'Almost, though.''Almost? There's a difference, Gylfie, between almost and enough.''Yes. The difference is belief, Soren. Belief.'
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I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in 'We, the people.'
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Of course, giving is deeply emotional. But supplementing emotion with research makes it more likely that a gift can have a bigger impact. It's like any investment. After all, you wouldn't put funds into stocks or bonds without understanding the potential return. Why wouldn't you do the same when investing in society?
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I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?
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I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.
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When things happen - you ask yourself why today, why not tomorrow, why not yesterday? That's the most amazing thing about time.
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I would enjoy flying to Mars. This was the dream of the first cosmonauts. I wish I could realize it! I am ready to fly without coming back.
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I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.
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We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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If you meet me, you might not get to know me. If you hear my music? You'll get to know me.
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The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave.
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You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.
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I don't think a living being should suffer for the sake of fashion, period. End of story. You don't have to kill an animal just because you want to be hot and fly. And I really stand by that.
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I want to move people, stir something within them that makes them feel. That's what a movie should do and an actor should do, make you feel something. I think that's why people love films so much.
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You know why they think I'm reclusive? I don't do the Hollywood stuff. I've never been on the circuit.
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Why is it there are so many more horses' asses than there are horses?
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I can't understand why the Democratic parties seem so hostile to economic growth and business.
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The moment I said I'd finished a book, I knew what would happen. There would be a bidding war, and I would end up with someone who'd got the fattest wallet, who had bought it because I'd written Harry Potter. That would have been why.
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It's good to raise awareness that men and boys are struggling, at least many of them are. But why say men are finished? It's too harsh, too sweeping, and it happens to not be true.
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You cannot expect to be on intimate terms with everybody on your club, and there is no reason why you should be, so long as you are playing the game.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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For the social ecologist language is not 'communication.' It is not just 'message.' It is substance. It is the cement that holds humanity together. It creates community and communication. ...Social ecologists need not be 'great' writers; but they have to be respectful writers, caring writers.
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Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending were slim. After the epidemic ended in 1973, what folks tended to remember most about the skyjackers was their futility.
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Gylfie looked at Soren gravely. 'That is why we must learn how to fly before the next newing.''But I won't be ready. I won't have enough feathers,' Soren said.'Almost, though.''Almost? There's a difference, Gylfie, between almost and enough.''Yes. The difference is belief, Soren. Belief.'
