L. Frank Baum Quotes
When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children.
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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get that, and go for the simple songs, but I prefer something a bit more complicated, which is more meaningful to the creator.
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Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.
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I had a bad conscience until I discovered that having a bad conscience about something so gravely serious as leaving your children is an affectation, a way of achieving a little suffering that can't for a moment be equal to the suffering you've caused.
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We need to think about how we teach working-class children about not just hard skills, like reading and mathematics, but also soft skills, like conflict resolution and financial management.
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I think that Richard Nixon is a great man and that he is very dedicated to what he does. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I attended the Republican National Convention in Miami. You can really tell that he is willing to go out of his way to help the American people.
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Every time I got 'Amazing Spider-Man' or 'Fantastic Four' or another book firmly on the rails, we got pulled into some big event book or crossover and it cost momentum and messed badly with the pacing and structure of the book.
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Laughing and crying are very similar. They're an extreme response to life. You see it in children who start laughing hysterically.
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My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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I'm basically a know-it-all, and I'm writing a book about it. I want it to be called 'Danson on Water' and have me on the cover in this Christlike pose, standing on the water.
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Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.
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Russia's assertiveness in global affairs is something I look upon with great concern, which we need to address with eyes wide open and a healthy degree of skepticism.
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It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.
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I taught a master class in film in France, and that was a great experience because I got a chance to study the French film culture and the French film history, so to add... just to expand myself just personally and professionally was really helpful.
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For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship.
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There's no question that the Kings have been, are, and can be great hosts for any major events.
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'Alias' was very action-packed. 'G.I. Joe' and 'Conan' were very action-packed. It's been established that I can do action, which is great, but now I may just want to make out with a really hot guy.
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Every generation has an obligation to leave its children in a better position than it inherited. Our representatives in Washington are breaking faith with that covenant. America must reduce its federal spending and accumulation of debt for the sake of generations to come.
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When you inject capital into the parent, it may or may not benefit the subsidiary.
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Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God’s idea of what He wants to do for me.
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I think in places like Pennsylvania, there`s folks who want our next president to talk like a hawk, but fly like a dove.
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Therapist’s dilemma: those who need help the most, run the farthest from it.
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When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children.
