Beverly Cleary Quotes
I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.
Quotes to Explore
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing.
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Stability cannot occur without a Palestinian Spring through the full implementation of the Palestinians' right to self-determination on their land.
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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
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I think it's fun running with dogs. They're always so fit and fast.
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It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.
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It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
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I'm a huge Wonder Woman fan - I have about 12 coffee mugs at home!
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I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me.
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I'm still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing.
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The men were all scumbags, but the whole point of the film is to show the development of that. Each guy is going in there to have a good time. By and large, these men are career men, family men, and you just see the deterioration of them.
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He George Washington Cable has taught me to abhor and detest the Sabbath day and hunt up new and troublesome ways to dishonor it.
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I don't even know how to use a parking meter, let alone a phone box.
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Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.
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Scriptural hope is not wishful thinking. It's rock-solid assurance!
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I hope the film will help mothers and fathers to be aware that 15 is a very vulnerable age.
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I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.
