Jon Scieszka Quotes
The big problem is just this kind of gigantic piece, of kids reading less and liking it less and so getting worse at it. It's kind of this terrible spiral: Since they're not so good at it they do less of it, get worse at it, do less of it. And it's really what I discovered five, six years ago when I started the 'Guys Read' thing.
Jon Scieszka
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
Daisy Berkowitz
We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa.
Oliver Tambo
The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
Fabiola Gianotti
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
Ted Danson
I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
Kajal Aggarwal
Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.
J. August Richards
For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.
Walter Scott
If, in schools, we keep teaching that history is divided into American history and Chinese history and Russian history and Australian history, we're teaching kids that they are divided into tribes. And we're failing to teach them that we also, as human beings, share problems that we need to work together with.
David Christian
When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat.
Lynn Abbey
Whoopie doo guys, yes, I've dated girls and I've dated boys - get over it.
Jessie J
The big problem is just this kind of gigantic piece, of kids reading less and liking it less and so getting worse at it. It's kind of this terrible spiral: Since they're not so good at it they do less of it, get worse at it, do less of it. And it's really what I discovered five, six years ago when I started the 'Guys Read' thing.
Jon Scieszka