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book reality diaries
Until I read Anne Frank's diary, I had found books a literal escape from what could be the harsh reality around me. After I read the diary, I had a fresh way of viewing the both literature and the world. From then on, I found I was impatient with books that were not honest or that were trivial and frivolous. Alexandra Fuller
book becoming wonderful
I am becoming increasingly difficult to please as a reader, but I adore being surprised by a really wonderful book, written by someone I've never heard of before. Alexandra Fuller
books both longer people skin
Well, I don't know. It's long, it's longer than both of the other books put together, so it's more ambitious. I think I get under the skin of the people a lot more than in the other books. Cory Doctorow
books grew invisible life reflected totally
I loved reading when I grew up but did feel totally invisible because I couldn't see myself and my life reflected in the books I was reading. Malorie Blackman
books creative kinds poems responses starting stories tapping teenagers teens themselves using
What I wanted to do was use literature and different kinds of stories and poems as a springboard, tapping into the creativity of our teens - I wanted teenagers to come up with their own creative responses to literature - using books themselves as a starting point. Malorie Blackman
book dream forgotten heart human king message pages powerful reading required
Like Dr. King I have a dream of my own, too, that the powerful message of this little book would be engraved on every human heart and will never be forgotten again. That you who read this book will feel as I do that these 120 pages ... should be required reading for all humanity. Oprah Winfrey
books god man none quest stars turn
Let none turn over books or scan the stars in quest of God who see Him not in man Johann Kaspar
book ending life page writes
Life is a book and you are the author. But the ending someone else writes so makes every page count. Eytan Rockaway
books skilled
Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks. Jean Bruyere
writing dust skeletons
What is important is the story. Because when we are all dust and teeth and kicked-up bits of skin - when we're dancing with our own skeletons - our words might be all that's left of us. Alexandra Fuller
writing giving people
We need to give out portrayal of ourselves. Every non-Indian writer writes about 1860 to 1890 pretty much, and there is no non-Indian writer that can write movies about contemporary Indians. Only Indians can. Indians are usually romanticized. Non-Indians are totally irrepsonsible with the appropriation of Indians, because any time tou have an Indian in a movie, it's political. They're not used as people, they're used as points. Chris Eyre
writing dust damnation
There is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write 'damnation' with your fingers. Charles Spurgeon
writing tears pockets
A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket. Charles Peguy
writing eight ideas
Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts and simply I threw my idea out the window because the writing was just so good. Dick Van Dyke
writing sometimes enough
Sometimes you can write a great scene, but when you're actually in a situation and it doesn't work, you have to be flexible enough to make it work for you. Diane Kruger
writing analysis fiction
There's no end to the inventiveness of critics, I tell you. Because they can't write fiction, they put their impulse into their analysis of work. Dennis Potter
writing speech metaphor
The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not? Dennis Potter
writing use young
You just don't know writers. They'll use anything, anybody. They'll eat their young. Dennis Potter
use significant ill
God uses those who seem ill-fitted for a significant life. Charles R. Swindoll
use talent given
I was given talent, and if you are given it, it is your obligation to use it. Dennis Potter
use apps starting
What we're starting to see is that the best apps tend to be the simplest, the easiest to use and the fastest to use Dennis Crowley
use needs remember
One of the biggest hurdles about Foursquare is you need to remember to use it. Dennis Crowley
use politician dangerous
Nothing is more dangerous that the politician who uses politics as a surrogate for an unsatisfactory personal life. Denis Healey
use force decided
They use force, to make you do, what the deciders, have decided you must do. Eldridge Cleaver
use known
In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance. Eduardo Chillida
use products serving
Every-time we use a product or service, someone is serving us. Earl Nightingale
use harvest turns
Money is the harvest of our production and service. We in turn use it to obtain the production and service of others. Earl Nightingale