R. L. Stine Quotes
Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something.... My theory is a children's book... can be just for fun.
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Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.
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I was a regular hand when I was 7. I picked cotton. I drove tractors. Children grew up not thinking that this is what they must do. We thought this was the thing to do to help your family.
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My husband and I, when we had our five children and they were grown, we thought we were entitled to grandchildren. And so we were just expecting this to happen; of course, nothing was happening. And then we kept begging, bribing, cajoling, anything - threatening to adopt our own grandchildren - and finally, we got some grandchildren.
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I am dying soon, and I am choosing to have fun today, tomorrow and every other day I have left.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.'
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I see the Calvin Klein girl as strong, fun, and confident.
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A society of 'children first' is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.
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Part of my job as Children's Laureate is to visit schools and talk about my love of books and stories and encourage them all to do it as well - to read, to write, to never be afraid of their own voice. Because we all have something to say.
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One half who graduate from college never read another book.
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The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
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On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.
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Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.
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Clearly, children's charities struggle to find private sources of money to sustain their benevolent programs.
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Scott Foley was always fun because he's a very funny guy. So I liked working with him a bunch.
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I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too.
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Homeschoolers are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. They are self-motivated and self-directed, independent-minded and creative. They are not content to turn their education of their children over to the government.
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We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference.
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Nowadays there are so many stars on television.There are all these generic stars now.There's Dave Caruso...Dave Caruso's kind of fun: "I know he killed your family...but he won't do it again." He says the stupidest sh*t. "I know he shot your children, but he won't do it any more." There isn't really a recognisable personality out there.
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Vines will be planted, corn will spring up, a whole growth of new crops; and people will still fall in love in vintages and harvests yet to come. Life is eternal; it is a perpetual renewal of birth and growth.
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There is no such thing as a dumb question but there is such a thing as a dumb person asking a question.
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A broad trend I'm completely obsessed with is mobile commerce. Like completely. I'm completely convinced that everybody's going to be buying from their mobile devices. Whoever can claim that space or be in that space, I'm very interested in.
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I was a paperboy first, then I worked at a movie theater. But I was a caddie at a golf club, which I didn't like. The people were so bougie and racist at times.
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Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something.... My theory is a children's book... can be just for fun.
