Pam Muñoz Ryan Quotes
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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I think that people that are not sensitive, who seem to bang through life, do survive, but I don't think they get the really soaring feelings that people who are more artistically bent can get.
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Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
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The best lesson I was given is that all of life teaches, especially if we have that expectation.
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The worldview implied by literary fiction is complex and ambiguous, trying to be faithful to the complexity and ambiguity of life.
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As a child I experienced firsthand the severe effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially upon women and children. My parents taught me the importance of education and that it was a key to improving an individual's life.
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I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.
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Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there was only one or two First Ladies in all of American history who made an impact, who people could even have recognized or identified. And it's really only been since Jackie Kennedy that there's been this idea that the family life of the president is such a central thing.
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Well, I have a sister that I'm very close with, and that relationship is probably the most intense relationship of my life to date, probably of my life, period.
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The more understanding we have about what's going on in our own brain will just make us more capable in our own jobs, in telling our kids we love them, and living a fulfilling life.
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My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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The quality of life is so much higher anyplace you can ski in the morning and surf in the evening - there's something to be said for that.
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Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.
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You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
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Though he was not a reader himself, my father understood that reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.
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I love love, and I love life. I love. I just love. It's just great. It's the most enduring element we have is love.
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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
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My life really began when I married my husband.
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Home life is a foreign environment for most guys. So it's natural to show them being idiots at home.
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Thank God there is a such thing as hiatus. We got the first 'Dr. Horrible' done in six days, we banged it out.
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The power is between your ears. The power is in your heart.
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I thought I was a pretty good physical specimen. But there was a teenager from Brooklyn, who basically wiped the floor with me on the street. He gave me a punch that I didn't even feel. All I knew I was looking up at the sky. I tried to fight him, and I got a number of injuries after that.
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At present, I myself do not know of any local witches or warlocks, but there are several people who seem to have an uncanny power over food.
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We are like the phoenix," said Abuelita. "Rising again, with a new life ahead of us.
