Jane Yolen Quotes
Myths are stories that explain a natural phenomenon. Before humans found scientific explanations for such things as the moon and the sun and rainbows, they tried to understand them by telling stories.
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There is no such thing as a perfect mother.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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That's my dream: one day, I want to standing on the stage on Broadway. I sing; my dancing is terrible, but I can be trained. That's my dream. That's something I really want to work on.
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I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.
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I love film, but it's bringing me away from music. Singing is what I'm probably most passionate about.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!
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North America was ready for something other than a vanilla cooking show and we were providing the double dark chocolate fudge.
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I come from a pretty strange family.
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As writers, we can't predict who might come along who might find our offerings valuable.
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I think the 19th century is an extraordinary period with a welling up of creativity and all kinds of experimentation and exploration going on at least until 1940.
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If you had a really good - battery, it wouldn't matter that the sun goes down at night and the wind stops blowing sometimes. But at the moment, battery technology is nowhere near good enough to use at utility scale.
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You could be going to have supper with someone who happens to be male, and all of a sudden he is your boyfriend of nine months... and I am cheating on my existing boyfriend.
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In baseball you have terrific data and you can be a lot more creative with it.
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Local authorities face huge housing issues with demands outstripping supply many times over; the only way those in housing need can be housed is in the private sector.
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I like colorful stuff. I like wearing stuff that nobody is wearing. That's why I wear the bear hat. I'll wear the whole mink.
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Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet.
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Myths are stories that explain a natural phenomenon. Before humans found scientific explanations for such things as the moon and the sun and rainbows, they tried to understand them by telling stories.
