Barbara Park Quotes
There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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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When I talk to young girls about clothes, I tell them to show a lot of brains.
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When you're young, you're stupid. You do silly things.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.
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One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.
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The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.
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When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.
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I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
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You will always see big, chunky bags around me. I have always been fond of bags. Bags are extremely essential because I keep my books in them.
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To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.
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My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
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I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.
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Her laugh was as fragile as the leaves she had raked when I was five.
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I went 59.9 sec. when I was 18 and thought, 'Hmm, that was fast - let's see how much faster we can go and what the rest of the world can do to keep up.'
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You are a free woman, and then you become a prisoner, and you receive all kinds of orders. Sit here, stand there. That's it. You just, you don't have the possibility of even moving to take your bag without asking for permission.
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My main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
