Gabrielle Zevin Quotes
I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we are young - the books I read as a child have stayed with me my entire life - and yet, the people who write about books, for the most part, completely ignore children's literature.Gabrielle Zevin
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
Kat Graham -
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!
Garth Brooks -
Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.
Ma Jian -
Conscience is God present in man.
Victor Hugo -
So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
E. M. Forster
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That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
Gabriela Sabatini -
It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.
Carine Roitfeld -
As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe.
Zoe Foster Blake -
Cable has come along; many all-news 24 hour cable outlets in the United States. They have cut deeply into the traditional networks' viewing audience.
Walter Cronkite -
There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
Harry Anderson -
If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.
Patrick deWitt
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
Jack Kerouac -
No Hindu community, however low, will touch cow's flesh. On the other hand, there is no community which is really an Untouchable community which has not something to do with the dead cow. Some eat her flesh, some remove the skin, some manufacture articles out of her skin and bones.
Babasaheb -
Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.
Kate Walsh -
If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
Rachel Johnson -
The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
Ian Somerhalder -
I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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God, my brain really goes to mush when I'm pregnant.
Kate Winslet -
I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.
Malala Yousafzai -
I've been a National Front member since I was 17, and active supporter for a long time.
Marion Marechal-Le Pen -
Oprah's such a wonderful spirit; she's been given a lot of gifts in her life, and she gives them back.
Brandon Victor Dixon -
I love it when people make things look fun and easy. Guys like Dane Reynolds and Kelly Slater and Pedro on a skateboard, they're never forcing it.
John John Florence -
I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we are young - the books I read as a child have stayed with me my entire life - and yet, the people who write about books, for the most part, completely ignore children's literature.
Gabrielle Zevin