Isobelle Carmody I am very fortunate in that I have spent pretty much my whole life being a writer, and before I was a writer, I was a storyteller. – Isobelle Carmody Fortunate Quotes Life Quotes Pretty Quotes Spent Quotes Storyteller Quotes Writer Quotes I wrote my first full book when I was fourteen, and that was ‘Obernewtyn.’ It was also the first book I had published. It was accepted by the first publisher I sent it to, and it was short listed for Children’s Book of the Year in the older readers category in Australia. The thing is, fairytales were once a very gritty way for people to dialogue about aspects of life.
Amartya Sen The curriculum of the school did not neglect India’s cultural, analytical and scientific heritage, but was very involved also with the rest of the world. – Amartya Sen
Mary HK Choi In New York, you collect a thousand encounters a year, a passel of handshakes, a zillion air-kisses, and boatloads of business cards that you pitch into your purse and eventually deposit your chewing gum into. Amid this break-neck montage of glancing contacts, I’m tormented by the constant thrumming fear of being fingered as a flake. – Mary HK Choi
Storm Jameson The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable. – Storm Jameson
Chesney Hawkes My wife tells me off as I’m always coming home with either skateboards or guitars. – Chesney Hawkes
Joe Scarborough I was always fascinated by politics, and I did not like the direction the country was going under Bill Clinton. – Joe Scarborough
Andy Beshear Prioritizing our children also means prioritizing their teachers. If Kentucky is to compete nationally – not to mention with our neighbors – we need to pay our teachers a living wage. – Andy Beshear
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