Kathryn Lasky Quotes

I always wondered what it was like to be just a normal kid growing up in trying times or during a great moment in history.

Kathryn Lasky

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People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front of the other and you recognize that not everyone is Sir Edmund Hillary.

Ed Begley, Jr.
- People
- Up
- Challenges
Growing hemp as nature designed it is vital to our urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases and ensure the survival of our planet.

Jack Herer
- Nature
- Growing
- Survival
When I wrote 'Hatchet,' I knew that I was not re-inventing the wheel. That was never my intention. My goal was to make an '80s-style slasher flick that actually holds up. Basically, I wanted to make the movie that I wanted to see and pay no mind to current trends or conventions.

Adam Green
- Up
- Mind
- Movie
I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.

Olivia d'Abo
- Life
- Time
- Important
I grew up, until age 6, in Chicago. My parents rented their apartment and, at the end of the Depression, my parents wanted to replicate that situation. So, again, we lived in a somewhat suburban setting outside of New York City, and again, they rented.

Edmund Phelps
- Up
- Age
- Parents
I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.

Nathan Fillion
- Time
- God
- School