Gail Carson Levine Quotes
Encourage children to write their own stories, and then don't rain on their parade. Don't say, 'That's not true.' Applaud flights of fantasy. Help with spelling and grammar, but stand up and cheer the use of imagination.
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We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived to a great extent in my imagination.
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I am on Facebook, but mainly as a way to spy on my children. I find out more about them from their Facebook pages than from what they tell me.
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Do our children now have to choose between getting an education and dying? Some of us cannot move on and accept that kind of society.
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I'd love my children no matter what.
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It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play.
Nastassja Kinski -
I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?
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Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.
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Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling.
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I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me.
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For me, an aerial picture is no different than a close-up portrait. It's a question of framing and angle. Helicopters are great for that. But I've also used planes. Of course, I always have a harness.
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Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.
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It seems to me that we often commit ourselves wholly to something while knowing almost nothing concrete about it. Another word for that, I suppose, is 'faith.'
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Nothing makes me laugh more than farting.
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Parenting is difficult under any circumstances, and in my father's view, to raise a morally upright and honest child, you sometimes have to lie to him.
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On great teams - the kind where people trust each other, engage in open conflict, and then commit to decisions - team members have the courage and confidence to confront one another when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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I believe that one of the most powerful things of all is aesthetics.
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We would be able to deal with Islam if we were allowed to deal with it in the way we think we should.
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Not to sound bad, but some girls are dumb. It's because they spend so much of their life trying to have the right look. On the other hand, some girls are just really smart. There are girls you can have conversations with that are healthy conversations. You can argue real life issues and solve problems together. That is what makes a woman sexy.
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I can do a little bit of comedy. I can be in an in-between place, where I can do a little bit.
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I love my real mom and dad; I love them both equally.
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Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.
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A couple of my friends started having babies, and I thought, 'Maybe one day, with the right guy.' I have to find the guy first.
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Missionaries must not calculate on the least comfort but what they find in one another and their work.
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Encourage children to write their own stories, and then don't rain on their parade. Don't say, 'That's not true.' Applaud flights of fantasy. Help with spelling and grammar, but stand up and cheer the use of imagination.
