K. A. Applegate Quotes
At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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A novelist can never be his own reader, except when he is ridding his manuscript of syntax errors, repetitions, or the occasional superfluous paragraph.
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The United States should not engage in tit-for-tat polemics directed at its most important allies. That is as demeaning as it is destructive.
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There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.
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I designed all the characters, anyway, and Frank Doyle was doing all the writing. I didn't have any more input on what direction they were going to go with Josie.
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I usually listen to classic rock and roll.
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I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.
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My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of their lifestyle, they let me go ahead and do it.
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Today our approaches to children are fragmented and partial. Those who care for well children know little of children who are sick. The deep knowledge that comes from the intensive attempt to cure is separated from the knowledge of those whose main task is to teach.
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To say that a family is happy I think is to diminish it, taking out what is interesting. Growing up, I don't think my family was any happier or unhappier than anyone else's. My mother and father should have been divorced or never even married. On the other hand, I remember many moments of happiness.
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My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
