Jon Scieszka Quotes
We're promoting such a narrow version of literacy that we're not including what a lot of boys like.
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Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics.
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Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
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People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.
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I don't do things that are illegal.
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We won't stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman.
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I was kind of lost for several years.
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I know I have a responsibility to the fans.
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I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.
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TV in all its ugliness can be a beautiful thing.
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I am a black man inside and outside and you are white men on the outside, but inside, you are Africans like me.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
Oh, I love Nottingham. I know some people go, 'Oh God, there's not much going off there,' but I like staying in and going round to my mum and dad's for a Sunday roast.
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More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
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I've been actually really very pleased to see how much awareness was raised around bullying, and how deeply it affects everyone. You know, you don't have to be the loser kid in high school to be bullied. Bullying and being picked on comes in so many different forms.
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Well, honestly, I'm not a massive fan of courtroom dramas.
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Most films made about the future acquiesce toward death, and I don't want to be told how to define my future.
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And the heavy night hung dark,The hills and waters o'er,When a band of exiles moored their barkOn the wild New England shore.
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Music a pederast might hum when raping a choirboy.
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My girl has gone, and said goodbye.Don't you cry, hold your head up high.Don't give up, give love one more try,'Cause there's a right girl for every guy.
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Spot the falsehood of history and find out the truth.
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Am I a fool? I don't think I'm a fool. But I think I sure was fooled.
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And I think to be in NATO for the countries of our region, it means more guarantees for us, it means more responsibility for our common security, but it means fulfillment of all standards of civilized world, like protection of human rights and democratic mechanisms.
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A kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara is forever.
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In some states, a very small number of states, it is illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of their gender identity, transgender identification. In the vast majority, it is perfectly legal.
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We're promoting such a narrow version of literacy that we're not including what a lot of boys like.
