Claire Messud Quotes
There's this moment when kids realize that they have power and that they can use it.
Claire Messud
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Since Kennedy's death, the nation has not seen, in any of his successors, his cosmopolitan intellectualism or the oratorical eloquence with which he sought to lead the nation by the power of his words.
Vincent Bugliosi
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My wife and I have a tradition of popcorn and videos with our kids on Friday evenings.
Ozwald Boateng
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On set I keep myself to myself; I'd rather the director speak up. I'm not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of example works best, actually.
Gary Oldman
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The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their bedtime stories read at a gentle, meandering pace. But I used to be too fast to slow down with the Brothers Grimm. I would zoom through the classic fairy tales, skipping lines, paragraphs, whole pages.
Carl Honore
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Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids.
Hal Sparks
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Let the message go out - a new generation has taken charge of Labour which is optimistic about our country, optimistic about our world, optimistic about the power of politics. We are optimistic and together we will change Britain.
Ed Miliband
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As our values are the core to who we are as human beings, they are also the easiest way to identify and connect with others in meaningful ways. Think about it - most political campaigns are based around values. Barack Obama's 2008 election campaign galvanized millions of youth behind two very clear values - hope and change.
Adam Braun
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When you deal with nonfiction you deal with human characters.
Marya Hornbacher
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I was writing at a really young age, but it took me a long time to be brave enough to become a published writer, or to try to become a published writer. It's a very public way to fail. And I was kind of scared, so I started out as a ghost writer, and I wrote for other series, like Disney 'Aladdin' and 'Sweet Valley' and books like that.
K. A. Applegate
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
Samantha Bond
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As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it pretty well.
Jonathan Krohn
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There's this moment when kids realize that they have power and that they can use it.
Claire Messud