Margaret Wise Brown Quotes
There is a loving way with words and an unloving way. And it is only with the loving way that the simplicity of language becomes beautiful.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.
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For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
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'Curvy' is just a polite way of saying 'fat.'
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Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.
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My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match his accomplishments.
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I was always quite good with accents - I always had quite a good ear - so from the age of about 13, I used to do a lot of voiceover and dubbing for foreign films.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.
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Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else.
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I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
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Cerrone is a great opponent. The guy won eight fights straight.
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I had been writing professionally since 1988.
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I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.
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I think the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is as great as it is because it's become it's a labor of love. They love what they do.
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I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.
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In the end, for congenial sympathy, for poetry, for work, for original feeling and expression, for perfect companionship with one's friends--give me the country.
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There is a loving way with words and an unloving way. And it is only with the loving way that the simplicity of language becomes beautiful.
