Astrid Lindgren Quotes
What should a good children’s book be like? If you ask me, I can tell you after thinking long and hard: It must be good.
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Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
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Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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I'm being driven crazy by people who are obsessed with limiting the scope of government, but feel perfectly free to demand that government get involved in women's most personal choices.
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I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.
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Sometimes justice is at its most merciful when it's blind.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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When high school students ask to spend their afternoons and weekends in my laboratory, I am amazed: I didn't develop that kind of enthusiasm for science until I was 28 years old.
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Coming up with ideas isn't hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.
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In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.
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In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.
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I'm a slow starter.
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I'm all about a flat shoe. It takes a lot to get me into a heel!
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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It's very possible that advertising business models will simply never do as well on mobile devices as those oriented around transactions.
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A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.
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Time will tell how you rate against the rest of the competition. I'll let everyone else worry about championships. I'm going to worry about qualifying at Pomona.
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In the end, crime doesn't pay.
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Like in nature, I like things which are based on a few simple principles, even though their manifestation can be very rich.
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It's important for parents to watch for trouble and convey to their daughters that, if it comes, they are strong enough to deal with it. Parents who send their [adolescent] daughters the message that they'll be overwhelmed by problems aren't likely to hear what's really happening.
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Lift latch, step in, be welcome, Sir,Albeit to see you I’m unglad.
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What should a good children’s book be like? If you ask me, I can tell you after thinking long and hard: It must be good.
