Daniel Pennac Quotes
If young people don’t like reading, let’s not blame television or the modern world or school. Or rather, blame them all, but only after asking what we have done to that ideal reader since the days when we played at being both storyteller and book.Daniel Pennac
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
N. R. Narayana Murthy -
There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo -
For obstacle racing, you wanna be as light, lean, and fast as possible. So, if I lift a lot of weights, I'm gonna be a little bit heavier, which will make it harder for me to hold myself up.
Kacy Catanzaro -
Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.
Wayne Dyer -
My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
Caitlin Moran -
On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
Indira Gandhi
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
Caleb Landry Jones -
'Dancing with the Stars' is awesome.
Sabrina Bryan -
'YouKu' means what's best and what's cool in Chinese. So, the whole product philosophy really revolves around how to help users, from a massive video database, finds what's best and what's cool.
Victor Koo -
My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.
Kate Winslet -
I take a lot of pictures.
Damian Loeb -
There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
Ted Williams
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Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
Abraham Cahan -
Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I buy when other people are selling.
J. Paul Getty -
The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts for the pursuit of new truth, into touch with one another.
J. Robert Oppenheimer -
When someone doesn't react to changes, the changes turn against him.
Yair Lapid -
I have nothing against romanticism. I'm all for it. I'm helpless in the face of romance.
Bill Nighy
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During the day, I don't wear much makeup; I only put on makeup for the show.
Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson -
The nexus of Donald Trump's hateful behaviors and policies around Muslim people and immigrants comes together right here in Minneapolis. I knew immediately that the people I represent were going to be very, very scared and very, very worried for their safety.
Betsy Hodges -
I can only cook brown rice and vegetables, so I don't get too many people coming over for dinner parties or anything.
Chrissie Hynde Pretenders -
So I decided the only place I can speak to the world is from outside Israel.
Mordechai Vanunu -
If young people don’t like reading, let’s not blame television or the modern world or school. Or rather, blame them all, but only after asking what we have done to that ideal reader since the days when we played at being both storyteller and book.
Daniel Pennac