Jon Scieszka Quotes
I always loved strange stories like the Dr. Seuss stuff. 'Go, Dog. Go!' was one of my favorite stories - it still is. It's just such a bizarre yet true book. And I did well reading and writing as a kid throughout school. I think early on that's what made me realize what an advantage that is.Jon Scieszka
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
Larry Hovis -
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
Victor Borge -
There are lots of different reasons to choose roles.
Damian Lewis -
I enjoy building more than managing.
Wayne Huizenga -
I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
Jack Nicholson -
I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
Tamra Davis
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
Brown Campbell -
The two sensibilities, the visual and the verbal, have always been linked for me - in fact, while reading a particularly evocative passage, I will imagine what the photograph I'd take of that scene would look like, even with burning and dodging notes. Maybe everyone does this.
Sally Mann -
The best way to get to know the place you are traveling in is to walk around... and the best way to walk around is with comfortable shoes! Grab your travel buddy and your running shoes and go explore!
Laura Marano -
Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
Dale Evans -
Religions work for their own aggrandizement - strengthen the church and so on - and they use reinforcers of one kind or another to get obedience and so on from their communicants.
B. F. Skinner -
I want to do work, but I also want to have a good time.
Gael Garcia Bernal
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When someone doesn't react to changes, the changes turn against him.
Yair Lapid -
The first songs I learned was 'Crazy' by Patsy Cline and 'At Last' by Etta James. I had been growing up with the Beatles, Pink Floyd, great bands.
Sabrina Carpenter -
Like most people, I shrink from exposing my innermost secrets and my most private and intimate actions.
Faye Resnick -
Imagine stepping into the shoes of Roberto Duran, one of the most legendary boxers in the history of the sport, and definitely the most legendary Latin American boxer, and then having 'Raging Bull' in my corner. I mean, imagine that? Just having Robert De Niro to play the trainer in the movie, that was fantastic.
Edgar Ramirez -
In Israel, if a person doesn't agree with you, she just says no. In Alabama, someone would say, 'I'll think about it.' We would take that literally. So, if you ask for a favor and someone says they'll think about it, they're really not thinking about it.
Odeya Rush -
As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Ever since I was young, if somebody needs help, you help them out.
Manti Te'o -
Pakistan tries mentally challenged girl of blasphemy against the Holy Book. India arrests kids for posts on Facebook. Morbid competition?
Kabir Bedi -
Religion & Govt. will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.
James Madison -
In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to double within the next decade. Medicare is growing by 9% annually, and Medicaid by 8% annually.
Jim Ryun -
I always loved strange stories like the Dr. Seuss stuff. 'Go, Dog. Go!' was one of my favorite stories - it still is. It's just such a bizarre yet true book. And I did well reading and writing as a kid throughout school. I think early on that's what made me realize what an advantage that is.
Jon Scieszka