Jerry Spinelli Quotes
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Failure is success if we learn from it.
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I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route.
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Personally, I love theater; that's where I started.
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Cyndi Lauper is really good at talking to you about normal things. It's strange to be in the presence of a big celebrity like that. You want to make these connections and say things related to being a fan. It's not as interesting for them. She's amazing at making small talk without it seeming small.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
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I don't agree with boarding school. It's not something that I would do with my children, but I think it's something that kind of exists in England in a traditional way, and you do form very close relationships with the girls you go to school with. But it is a strange thing to live in an environment which is solely female.
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Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
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My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.
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There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that.
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Judges who take the law into their own hands, who make up constitutional 'rights' in order to strike down laws they oppose, undermine the people's right to have their values shape public policy and define the culture.
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A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who doesn't play has lost forever the child who lived in him and who he will miss terribly.
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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.
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Food still isn't my thing, but I've learned to respect its power and significance.
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I like normal stuff people fear - like spiders and heights. I'm frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and get a grip on.
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Cinnamon bites and kisses simultaneously.
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We asked our friends and relations to lend us their children, and, because we lived in London, children loved to come and stay for their half-term holidays.
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When I am talking to people who I feel don't like me or are mean, I get really shy, and I kind of curl up personality wise.
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Paper is at the center of so many of the elements of the development of civilization.
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I knew right away that it was a gorgeous idea.
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There are bits and pieces of me probably in every one of my 35 or so books.
