Lois Lowry Pretending that there are no choices to be made – reading only books, for example, which are cheery and safe and nice – is a prescription for disaster for the young. – Lois Lowry Books Quotes Cheery Quotes Choices Quotes Disaster Quotes Nice Quotes Prescription Quotes Pretending Quotes Reading Quotes Safe Quotes I often compare myself as a kid to my own grandchildren, who are around 11 and 14 now. That’s the age kids usually read my book. And I remember myself; we’d gone through a world war. My father was an army officer so I was aware of what was going on. But I wasn’t bombarded with images of catastrophe like many kids are today. What comes to me always is a character, a scene, a moment. That’s going to be the beginning. Then, as I write, I begin to perceive an ending. I begin to see a destination, although sometimes that changes. And then, of course, there’s the whole middle section looming.
Jeff Moss I’ve met some smart people doing security work in the government, and they’re starting to reach out to a broader audience, which I think is a good thing. – Jeff Moss
Shigeru Miyamoto I’d like to be known as the person who saw things from a different point of view to others. – Shigeru Miyamoto
Javed Jaffrey We had nothing in hand and my father used to live on the street. The profession of acting happened to him when B.R. Chopra picked him up for a film, and my father acted just to earn money for survival. – Javed Jaffrey
Maurice Strong Well they do have a use, but we should never believe that any international conference is going to suddenly solve problems like the condition of the global environment. – Maurice Strong
John WaitePatience I ran out of steam and patience and so I quit. I really didn’t want to make another record. I’d had it with the music business. I went home to England, bought a house and did nothing. – John Waite
Marguerite Young I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from six until midnight, night after night. – Marguerite Young
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