Ashley Bryan Quotes
Think about how many great works of art or game-changing ideas were ahead of their time - their creator's talent underappreciated until many years later. That's how we need to treat our young people - because who knows where the next great idea will come from?
Quotes to Explore
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The Florida peninsula is, in fact, an emerging plateau, honeycombed with voids and vents, caves and underground waterways. Travelers on Interstate Highway I-75 have no idea that, beneath them, are cave labyrinths still being mapped by speleologists - 'cavers,' they prefer to be called.
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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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The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.
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I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appalls me.
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From Japan to Thailand, I keep discovering amazing talent, cuisine and food markets.
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It is my absolute belief that Indians have unlimited talent. I have no doubt about our capabilities.
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There is so much great talent in the underground, and electronic music is finally getting the props that it's deserved for so long. I feel like now that everyone is discovering it and it's so fresh sounding to so many people. It doesn't get any more rock n' roll than playing EDC or the Staples Center. It's really madness.
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I'm sure back in the Greek days or the Roman Empire days, when guys fought in arenas and were fighting lions, people were talking smack. Every era in history has someone talking smack. No way you can have talent and not proclaim your victory.
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Age is just a number, and your talent will never fail you. It has no expiry date.
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The whole idea that what is not normal should be kept secret – that's really distasteful to me.
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Comparing oneself with one's fellow writers is a bad idea. I would not review a fellow writer unless I had something terribly positive to say.
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I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.
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I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.
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I've always enjoyed mathematics. It is the most precise and concise way of expressing any idea.
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I love the idea of metamorphosing and changing, the legalized insanity of acting.
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As much as I love to dive into the action early, I think the hero's journey is important - the idea that the reader needs to experience the protagonist's everyday life before you turn that world upside down.
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It always amazes me when I see young people with raw talent and passion.
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Most people don't have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.
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British passion for Chinese tea was unstoppable, but the Chinese had no desire for our offerings, however much we tried to sell them woolen clothes or cutlery.
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All of us are like locks. No matter how strong the bolt, there’s always a key out there that opens it.
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Think about how many great works of art or game-changing ideas were ahead of their time - their creator's talent underappreciated until many years later. That's how we need to treat our young people - because who knows where the next great idea will come from?
