Mal Peet Quotes
Sex and death, the magnetic poles of fiction, attract us children's writers no less than adult authors, but we have to be more leery of their pull.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a fan of people romanticizing their loved ones in death.
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You know, I really miss sex scandals. They're generally colorful. They almost never mean anything over the long run. And while they're going on, the people who actually keep the government running are let alone to go about their business. Good old sex scandals.
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What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.
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A society of 'children first' is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.
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My motivation is my desire to help people. If people want to have children and cannot in the normal way, and I can do something about it, then I will do so.
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I have been in private law practice in New York City, where my husband and I are raising our children.
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I practice safe sex - I use an airbag.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.
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I'm not busy... a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy.
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If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
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Homeschoolers are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. They are self-motivated and self-directed, independent-minded and creative. They are not content to turn their education of their children over to the government.
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We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference.
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Life will end in death and unhappiness, but we do it anyway.
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I think that God prepared me for Chris's death in some ways, because I've seen other people lose their spouses. I've known for a long time that life isn't fair.
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We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
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I like children - fried.
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In India, innocent and poor children are victims of child labor.
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I did a series for teenagers and kids called S-Club 7 in LA for Fox Family Channel. And I did it because the children, everybody's children, they don't know who I am. They know I'm the-lady-in-the-movie-they-can't-see. And I was actually offended by that because I think I've done a lot of wonderful work.
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It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living.
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We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church is clear, and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.
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I had known a couple of people who had died, but the loss of my mother contained something of the profoundly unknowable.
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This digital world is completely fascinating to me.
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Sex and death, the magnetic poles of fiction, attract us children's writers no less than adult authors, but we have to be more leery of their pull.
