Patrick Carman Quotes
There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be.
Quotes to Explore
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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It's important for cinema to keep on evolving: for people, and not only teenagers, to be able to go to a movie that has huge epic scope but has an intellectual and real story to tell.
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When I watch cop shows, I really enjoy them because you can really follow the story and get involved, and the characters are always really interesting.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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I'm a huge fan of e-books, but the more I buy and download, the more I worry that someone could just take them all away from me.
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
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I think I've played a lesbian about five times. The first one was with Helen Baxendale in a drama called 'The Investigator,' about the conditions lesbians had to live under in the army in Britain, which was based on a true story.
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When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story.
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It's like tabloid news programs that talk about how horrible something is, while at the same time they're glorifying it as their top story.
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
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There's no story that breaks, including a five-alarm fire in Brooklyn, that I don't wish I were covering.
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Books come at my call and return when I desire them; they are never out of humor and they answer all my questions with readiness. Some present in review before me the events of past ages; others reveal to me the secrets of Nature. These teach me how to live, and those how to die; these dispel my melancholy by their mirth, and amuse me by their sallies of wit. Some there are who prepare my soul to suffer everything, to desire nothing, and to become thoroughly acquainted with itself. In a word, they open the door to all the arts and sciences.
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My aim in homeschooling is to give my children the ability to be an adult learner, a skill set that will last the rest of their lives.
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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
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When I cannot understand my Father's leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading, God is working, God is faithful-Only wait.
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There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be.
