Norton Juster Quotes
I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting
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We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't. We got outside of the exit of the harbor and we started dropping depth charges.
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Sometimes people ask me how old I am, and I have to stop and remember. I forget myself!
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I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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Rising prices or wages do not cause inflation; they only report it. They represent an essential form of economic speech, sincemoney isjust another form of information.
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Oh, Eeyore, you are wet!” said Piglet, feeling him. Eeyore shook himself, and asked somebody to explain to Piglet what happened when you had been inside a river for quite a long time.
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Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.
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I haven't done anything that can match up to what I learnt about myself as an actress and as a person or the friends that I made.
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And lastly from that period I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again.
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Anyone that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.
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The university is a series of individual entrepreneurs held together by a common grievance about parking.
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I am not a vegetarian. I subscribe to my own mantra: eat less, move more, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, don't eat too much junk food, and enjoy what you eat. Or, to summarise: eat less, eat better, move more, and get political.
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Deal with difficult tasks while they are easy. Act on large issues while they are small.
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To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.
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Gary Cooper was a good friend. He was a great nature lover. He was like an American Indian, he knew every leaf that was turned over. It was an education to go for a walk with him.
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I think the best way to listen to my music is through recording. I would love to be one of those artists where you can go into a coffee shop and watch people pass by and then my music is in their ears. Not necessarily a sensory deprivation thing, but that's cool too. Unfortunately in order to focus on nobody else, you would probably have to go into a dark room and just sit there and listen to it.
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Any journey in life, if not done for human reasons of understanding and love, would be a very empty and lonely one.
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I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting
