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aloud chapter experience good listening miss next pick
If I'm made to pick one transcendent reading experience, then it was listening to Miss Sarzin as - if we'd been very, very good - she read the next chapter of 'The Hobbit' aloud to us. Karen Joy Fowler
aloud children deal elementary great musicality necessary rhythm steps taking taught towards uncertain
I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text. Mal Peet
aloud clumsy great possible rewrite sort work
I don't find writing easy. That is because I do take great care: I rewrite a lot. If anything is sort of clumsy and not possible to read aloud to oneself, which I think one should do... it doesn't work. Ruth Rendell
aloud force level
One thing you're not aloud to do is escalate the level of force being used. Jason Lewis
aloud american-artist became history tales wonderful
I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare. Andrew Wyeth
aloud defence mercy refuge sing thou thy
But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. Bible Bible
aloud capable good hard hear obviously okay painful people whether wonder
People wonder aloud about whether I am an okay mother. That is obviously painful because it's so important to me. It's hard to hear that people think I'm not a capable mother and a good person, that they just think I'm nuts. Angelina Jolie
aloud books future higher men
Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear. Garson Kanin
aloud became himself later listened mom months nine pregnant published ray writer
Ray Bradbury published his first story 29 years before I was born. He established himself as an international writer long before I arrived. When my mom was nine months pregnant with me, my father read Bradbury aloud to her as I listened intently, in utero. And I later became his biographer.
became city pirates pittsburgh team winning
What the team did in the 1970s was kind of put Pittsburgh on the map. It became a city of champions, and you had the Pirates winning and the Penguins winning. Bill Cowher
became country cross expressed good interest learning mostly skiing treat work
When he first started he had mostly an alpine background. Then he expressed an interest in skiing cross country. There were some learning years but he became a very good skier. He was a real treat to work with.
became feeling guys sick start team third top
We were a sick team at the start of it, and then I thought we became a banged-up team as well, ... A third of the team is feeling like it should be in bed. We need a bye right now. It was a long preseason. And now we're a little banged up on top of that. I just need to get these guys a break. Steve Mariucci
became guys hard move outside second worked
We have so many guys who can make plays. We worked on getting a hard outside move because they like to go with the first move. We worked on it so much it became second nature. It was just like practice. Braylon Edwards
became finally life
When I did finally live in the Dandenongs, the mountain ash forests became an important part of my life. Morris Gleitzman
became dad found fun great husband london moved reason source unlike
When I moved out of London 13 years ago, I found a whole other reason not to drive. This was because my new husband Dan, unlike my dad, did drive, and this became a great source of fun and adventure. Julie Burchill
became horror interested moved obsessed
When I moved out here to California, I became obsessed with geology. It's impossible not to be interested in the earth if you live in a place like this. I started to read a lot of geology, much to the horror of my friends. Jamaica Kincaid
became beyond cancer died exciting human jump knew neighbour pair parachute response sponsored three
When I was 17, a neighbour I knew well died of cancer, and I became au pair to her three little girls. In circumstances like that, when you can't really help, I think it's a human response to do something beyond oneself. So I did a sponsored parachute jump for Cancer Research. It was exciting and ridiculous. Tamsin Greig
became blue bought changed department fire follow ride trucks turned until village water
When I was 16 and 17, I used to follow the fire trucks on my bike. I was able to follow because they spilled water when they turned corners. When I turned 18, they changed the bylaws to let me volunteer, but I couldn't ride the trucks until I turned 21. I volunteered for the fire department for 37 years until Blue Ash became a village and they bought two trucks.
himself knew sitting
The person knew where he was sitting and positioned himself perfectly.
himself
Director of any film is very important, and an actor has to leave himself in his hands to mould. Leander Paes
himself hulk inside version
What makes Hulk afraid? It's himself. It's a version of himself that's weak. It's a version of himself that's vulnerable. It's a child inside of him. Mark Ruffalo
himself invested piano since wrote
When you think of Mozart's piano concertos, you think of them as masterpieces. He invested so much in them, since he wrote these for himself to play.
himself holds people
To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And so what I think is really important is sustainability.
himself late runs strict tight tom turn works
Tom runs a very tight ship. You do not turn up late and you don't muck around - he's strict with himself and everyone he works with. Jonathan Meyers
himself tom took wolf
Tom Ridge is not a candidate, because he took himself out, ... Wolf Blitzer Reports. Dick Cheney
himself reinvented work
Mr. Koons's work has always inspired architects, which I think is very interesting. I think he is an artist who has reinvented himself so many times and reinvented so many different series.
himself human inside monster sees
Mr. Rader does not see himself as a monster, ... He sees himself as a human being with a monster inside of him.
later school
When he got to the school, they would not let him in and he was later told Christopher had been shot.
later life perhaps shelves side
There are books on our shelves we haven't read and doubtless never will, that each of us has probably put to one side in the belief that we will read them later on, perhaps even in another life. Umberto Eco
later-in-life life-is-hard trying
Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life. Bryan Adams
later learned men nobody save shot
Later we learned that it was one of our own men hanging on the wire. Nobody could do anything for him; two men had already tried to save him, only to be shot themselves. Ernst Toller
later-in-life handsome
As I would learn later in life, money makes you extremely handsome. Mark Cuban
later salute till wait
Wow. I can't wait till later when we see Oscar's salute to montages. Jon Stewart
later music nobody passages poetry prose radio tells time
'Words and Music' on Radio 3 is always a treat. Actors read passages of poetry and prose interspersed with music, and nobody tells you what it is. Later you can look it up online, but at the time you can't cheat. Claire Tomalin
later-in-life fame
It's probably healthier to find fame later in life. Bill Nighy
later sort
In Chekhov, everything blends into its opposite, just fractionally, and this is sort of unsettling. And that's why you end up 100 years later asking, 'Is that moment tragic or comic?' Tom Stoppard
listened operation recorded translated
We set up a wiretapping operation in a flophouse where we listened to their conversations, which were in German, and then translated and recorded the conversations of the Nazi spies,
listened phases
I am multiracial, and I went through different phases - at one point, I listened to Wu-Tang and hip-hop, and then the next year I listened to Joni Mitchell. Tessa Thompson
listened younger
Man, I listened Nas and B.I.G growing up. I listened to both of them when I was younger for sure. Swae Lee
listened saw
But when Gregg pitched it to me on the phone, I listened and I said, 'That's SAW II.'
listened maybe telling
Maybe he listened to what we'd been telling him. Heidi Klum
listened people realized sat
One of the things we try to do (is) have people that try to listen, ... As our people sat and listened to her story - we realized (her) situation. Bob Davidson
listened wise
Wise people, after they have listened to the laws, become serene, like a deep, smooth, and still lake.
listened song written
We've written a song for this game, which is a bubble-gum song and is only to be listened to once, I think. Don Bluth
listened single
Every single song that I've listened to is in my memory forever. will.i.am
mom mad desire
I suddenly had this really mad desire to have an affair with a woman. I was divorced. I was childless. I figured there's got to be one more way to really tick off my mom. Carol Leifer
mom home names
You probably don't call home and say, 'Hi, mom. I am facing Pete Schourek tonight.' Names and stats don't do it. You have to do it out on the field. Carlos Delgado
mom dad given
My mom and dad gave me everything they could have given me. Carlos Beltran
momentum seen
We have seen a lot of momentum buying, Richard Herring
mom sandwiches peanut-butter
When I was 11 my friend's mom made a peanut butter sandwich. I ate the sandwich and was like, 'I'm never eating anything else again.' And I still eat peanut butter every day. I would put peanut butter on a steak. Aasif Mandvi
mom smart needs
The Daily Show writers are incredibly smart and very well plugged-in but occasionally they would need me for certain specific things, and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I completely know how to do that; I can solve that problem,and then I'd be like, 'Mom?
moments right-moment
Who has words at the right moment? Charlotte Bronte
mom baby teenager
Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs of their families. Whether they are awake at night nursing a baby, spending their time and money on less-than-grateful teenagers, or preparing meals, moms continuously put others before themselves. Charles Stanley
mom mother good-mother
I cannot tell you how much I owe to the solemn word of my good mother. Charles Spurgeon
months six
We were blazing. Six months after we opened, 9/11 happened. Bruce Smith
months honest losing
Losing gets old. It's just been a heck of a month, to be honest with you. Alan Trammell
months reality six
The reality is, this is a very different world than where we were even six months ago, Olympia Snowe
months next pope
The pope said he will go in the first months of next year. Shimon Peres
months glee projects
There was this project I really wanted before 'Glee' and I didn't get cast - I went in about 13 times and I was so bummed when I didn't get it. But then a month later I got cast on 'Glee,' and I felt like it was meant to happen. Dianna Agron
months literature next
If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next. Jane Austen
months firsts prejudice
Yes," replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, "but that was when I first knew her; for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance.
months lasts cold
If I get a cold, it lasts for a month. Delta Goodrem
months needs paychecks
Why would you take money out of your paycheck at the beginning of the month when you don't know how much money you'll need? Dan Ariely
ninety-nine gossip people
Gossip is never fatal until it is denied. Gossip goes on about every human being alive and about all the dead that are alive enough to be remembered, and yet almost never does any harm until some defender makes a controversy. Gossip's a nasty thing, but it's sickly, and if people of good intentions will let it entirely alone, it will die, ninety-nine times out of a hundred. Booth Tarkington
ninety people
Ninety percent of the people I grew up with didn't succeed. Eddie Perez
nine thank wonderful
We want to thank all of you for nine wonderful years.
nine adults united-states
Nine out of ten adult Americans have a checking account. It's the most widely used financial services product in the United States. Carolyn Maloney
ninety-nine answers want
Ask who wants to live to be a hundred, and the answer is the person who is ninety-nine. Betty Comden
ninety-nine culture where-you-are
Ninety nine percent of the time it's not urgent and to create a culture where you are constantly plugged in and expected to be always-on is to create a culture of burnout. Arianna Huffington
nine
She has only been out of a place once in nine starts.
ninety-nine literature obscure
In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed. Edgar Allan Poe
nine ghost reason
Nine times out of ten we find reasons for everything going on that aren't paranormal. Brian Robertson
pregnant provides rule testing women
This rule provides far-reaching protections for all Americans and bans pesticide testing on pregnant women and children.
pregnant
We are pregnant with freedom. Walter Benjamin
pregnant thinks women
That's nothing. He also thinks he's a pregnant woman. Ray Brown
pregnant seen
I've seen her, and she didn't look pregnant at all. Megan Smith
pregnant
I would say my faith has become strengthened every time I have faced what I considered to be a trial, and there is no greater trial than being 14 and pregnant and not even knowing what it is. Oprah Winfrey
pregnant
I never went to college. I was pregnant at 23. Robin Wright
pregnant-women pregnant
I'm not a great pregnant woman. Melissa McCarthy
pregnant
I've actually worked out more pregnant than when I wasn't. Jennifer Love Hewitt
pregnant
Of my own, I like my upper stomach. I just seem to always have abs.When I'm not really pregnant, I have a great two-pack. Kim Kardashian
published sf type waiting wondering writer
Made it as a writer'? I'm still wondering if I've made it as a writer. I've made it as a published writer of the type of SF that I want to write and read, but I'm still waiting for that big breakthrough.
published
I speak English and Spanish. I write in Spanish; my books are published in English. Isabel Allende
published
That's because they had published prices, and we haven't set prices.
published
John Updike's first published book was a collection of poems.
published wrote
The so-called No. 2 is actually the first one because he thought the first one, which he wrote second, was a little better, so he had it published first.
published suffers time
Every published writer suffers through that first draft because most of the time, that's a disappointment. Rebecca Stead
published
I published my first poem in 'The Paris Review' in 1980. Siri Hustvedt
published success york
I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribner's in New York before I was 30. Morley Callaghan
rays offensive lineman
If I could start with anybody, I would initially draft Tom Brady. Then I would go get Ray Lewis, and then maybe an offensive lineman, or somebody like Adrian Peterson. Barry Sanders
ray terrible
I'm a terrible pessimist... I really don't think we're going to make it. But every so often, there's some little ray of hope. Lou Harrison
rays shining
Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances? Isaac Newton
ray whose
When you listen to Ray Charles, there's never any doubt whose voice that is. Clint Eastwood
ray training
He did well today. He's been training with Ray (Gallagher) and Cory (Martin) and those two are (sidelined), at least temporarily.
rays rest sun thousand
When you come right down to it all you have is yourself. The sun is a thousand rays in your belly. All the rest is nothing. Pablo Picasso
ray stretch
I think this stretch has been really important. Not just for Ray but the team, as well. Daniel Alfredsson
ray sat
As a kid, I sat transfixed watching Ray Harryhausen's '7th Voyage of Sinbad.' Raymond E. Feist
ray role skill technology valuable
Ray Ozzie is a valuable technology resource, and his role now will be more delineated. It's a better use of Ray and his skill set and training.
writers
If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation of their own works. John Dos Passos
writers-and-writing
Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it. Jean Paul
writers
Most writers I know go for word counts, and I used to be a journalist, so I guess that's ingrained. Aminatta Forna
writers
Most writers can tell stories of how their books failed to be made into films.
writers-and-writing writing-by-writers
Say what you have to say in the fewest possible words. Arthur Bryant
writers written
In some articles written about me, writers have said I'm a link between the old and the new, and I think, in a certain sense, that's legitimate. Robert Klein
writers
'Monty Python' and 'The Simpsons' have ruined comedy for writers for the rest of our lives. Scott Adsit
writers
Everything can be grist for the muse. Sometimes, writers draw on personal experiences. 'Ghoul' was just that. Brian Keene
writer
I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and then you put in the colour. John Irving