Jon Scieszka Quotes

People say, 'All my son will read is 'Captain Underpants,' or 'My son is crazy about shark books, is that O.K.?' I want to be the person to say, 'Yeah, that's really O.K., as long as he's motivated to want to read.'

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• The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.

  

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• FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good.

  

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• Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

  

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• People say, 'All my son will read is 'Captain Underpants,' or 'My son is crazy about shark books, is that O.K.?' I want to be the person to say, 'Yeah, that's really O.K., as long as he's motivated to want to read.'

  

  Jon Scieszka
  • People
  • Long
  • Crazy