Paul Fleischman Quotes
I should tell you that many people think that authors just cut and paste from real life into books. It doesn't work quite that way.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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I like to discover new things.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.
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A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
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According to the perverse aesthetics of artistic guilty pleasure, certain books and movies are so bad - so crudely conceived, despicably motivated and atrociously executed - that they're actually rather good.
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Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.
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I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.
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I go to correctional facilities and talk to kids there. They have little kids in there who are, like, 12 years old, stealing cars and stuff like that.
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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
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The biggest challenge of being a pastry chef is that, unlike other types of chefs, you can't throw things together at a farmer's market. When you're working with baking powder and a formula, you have to be exact. If not, things can go wrong.
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Are you a fun-loving Tigger or a sad-sack Eeyore? Pick a camp. I think it's clear where I stand on the great Tigger/Eeyore debate!
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What the ten commandments set forth is a strategy. This strategy is a strategy for dominion.
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The Humane Society of America thinks Michael Vick should have a dog. I think whoever's in charge there should have a lobotomy.
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I actually think, when you're young, ambitions are somewhat common - you want to prove yourself. It may grow out of different life experiences. You may want to prove that you are worthy of the admiration of the demanding father. You may want to prove that you are worthy of the love of an absent father.
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I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.
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The plan was always to come to America, because Pakistan's a scary place. They don't have religious freedom. It's very poor, and there's a lot of violence and corruption.
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I can only imagine what the show would have meant to me as a 16- or 17-year-old. I know what 'Rent' meant to me in my life, how that show changed the course of my life, and we can only hope that 'Hamilton' will have the same effect on a few kids.
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I should tell you that many people think that authors just cut and paste from real life into books. It doesn't work quite that way.
