Beverly Cleary Quotes
When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.
Quotes to Explore
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Life's not fair, is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no idea what auditions to send you to, so they send you to everything.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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My phone blows up all the time. I had to change my number.
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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.
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If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.
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I understand that the tendency of foreign countries in recent years has been to establish particularly close relations with one or two others among all the countries which have general relations. In time of peace, they make secret treaties in advance, and in wartime, they aid one another with military provisions and armaments.
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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting confused me.
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Whatever China I'd been born into, I would probably still have become a painter - I loved sketching portraits as a child, and began art classes at the age 7. But if China hadn't been under Maoist rule, I might never have become a writer.
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I'm simple. I love hiking, going to the gym, doing some simple stuff. I love being outdoors, I love bike riding. Just stuff that's fun!
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As a theist I believe that God exists and that God creates.
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People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
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I create fashion that is memorable.
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When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.
