Chris Van Allsburg Quotes

I don't know if what kids really want is a hamster. What they want is a dog. So the hamster ends up being a substitute: 'Well, would you accept this?'

Chris Van Allsburg

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Outside of hip-hop, it was in comics that I most often found the aesthetics and wisdom of my world reflected.

Ta-Nehisi Coates
- World
- Wisdom
- Hip Hop
Growing up, I didn't feel cool; I didn't fit into any crowd.

Madonna Breakfast Club
- Up
- Growing
- Cool
If a superhero knocks over a building, and there are 5,000 people in the building that we can presume are now dead, does it matter? Because they're not people we know. But if one dog we like gets run over by a car, it's the worst thing we've ever seen. I totally understand where that visceral reaction comes from. I have that same reaction.

D. B. Weiss
- People
- Car
- Dog
I think that any time you're able to get a guy like Carmelo Anthony to be on your team, you're going to be a step up.

Earl Monroe
- Up
- Time
- Guy
Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.

Gail Carson Levine
- Up
- Real
- Kids
Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that's all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation.

Ingrid Newkirk
- Up
- Important
- Heart