Jerry Spinelli Quotes
Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that, otherwise you end up preaching down.
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People take things so seriously.
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I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.
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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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Let us have peace.
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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I believe in aging gracefully.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I'm a big collector of vinyl - I have a record room in my house - and I've always had a huge soundtrack album collection. So what I do, as I'm writing a movie, is go through all those songs, trying to find good songs for fights, or good pieces of music to layer into the film.
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I hate being asked how I met my husband and very personal questions like that. I don't like that. People are too nosey. Intelligent questions I like, but sometimes people ask such silly, dopey ones.
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Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
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I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
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My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
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NBA games are exciting to watch and have global appeal. They are very popular in China. I do watch NBA games on television when I have time.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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I don't find it hard to direct myself. I can easily think of me as a horrible performer or a good performer. I work with actors who cannot stand watching or looking at themselves, which is not my case. I can have an eye and perspective on whether I'm terrible or good enough for me.
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I started to hate fame, I didn't want to go out, because I didn't want to be recognised for what I was being recognised for.
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It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens.
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I don't want food that comes from animals that are caged up and fed antibiotics. I am really suspicious of that kind of production of meat and poultry.
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The Australian cast of mind is not something I would want to be without - and I couldn't be without. It's not a choice.
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Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that, otherwise you end up preaching down.
