Nancy Willard Quotes
Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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I could work in the shower if I had plastic paper.
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I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading the genre and getting an understanding of motivations. But at the end of the day, it's still a book, and I can walk away.
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I just let the songs tell me what to do - they are my guides, and they are the boss. So I am subservient to the songs, and I let them tell me what to do. I don't judge them; I just write whatever comes to me.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
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Minorities within nation-states frayed by global capitalism are naturally more resentful of hollowed-out but still heavily centralised systems of political and economic domination.
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If Adele's seen as boring, then I'm happy to be boring as well.
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The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
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If I had my way, the woman I marry, she wouldn't be a part of Twitter and she wouldn't be on Facebook.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.
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I don't think I ever write songs involving politics, because they get dated way too quick. Any view you have can usually be made into something more general, and that can stand throughout time.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.
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What this does for me emotionally, psychologically and spiritually – to look in the mirror and not be ashamed – has been very important in not relapsing.
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I adore Quentin Tarantino. The 'Kill Bill' series is my favorite.
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The question 'Why do we use language?' seems hardly to require an answer. But, as is often the way with linguistic questions, our everyday familiarity with speech and writing can make it difficult to appreciate the complexity of the skills, we have learned. This is particularly so when we try to define the range of functions to which language can be put.
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If he was silent I could be silent too. Indeed, I could very well do with a little rest in this subdued, frightened-to-death rocking chair, before I drove to wherever the beast's lair was - and then pulled the pistol's foreskin back, and then enjoyed the orgasm of the crushed trigger.
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After seventy years of expository preaching, I have yet to touch the hem of His garment.
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The history of a revolution is for us first of all a history of the forcible entrance of the masses into the realm of rulership over their own destiny.
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Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.
