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 steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
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When I left the University of Santo Tomas, I had but a smattering of Spanish. My friends made sport of me. What keen mortification did I suffer at my ignorance! One day, no longer able to stand the jeerings of my friends, I made up my mind to learn Spanish. I purchased a dozen good novels and began to read. I did not spend hours over a grammar, but just kept on reading, taking care to remember the idioms. In the meantime my library grew. At the end of three years my knowledge of Spanish and of literature in general was far beyond that of my friends. It was then my turn to laugh!
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Despite a certain amount of rhetoric, such as 'the second American Revolution,' there is a fair consensus about which events in the affairs of a people can rightly be called revolutions. It is also clear that such revolutions are proper objects of study for the historian.
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Touring is really a pretty lonely business.
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My songs are all about celebrating poignant music. While some of them focus on fun and revelry, they are fortunately backed by powerful lyrics. Put together, the lyrics, tune and my voice strive to take the songs to the next level.
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Certainly, the job of a U.S. senator is to create a climate conducive to creating jobs, which is lower taxes and less government regulation. What Harry Reid has been doing is putting forward those policies that actually put more regulation on business.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
