Jewell Parker Rhodes Quotes

Kids search for what's relevant, what connects with their life... now. They know bad things happen like Hurricane Katrina. Through character driven stories, they explore what it's like to survive, thrive, and become more themselves.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LifeCharacterSurviveSearchThrive

I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.

Joan Collins

LifeDayPeopleThinkPhoneOver

All of Britain's aid is spent in Britain's national interests, and some of it contributes to Britain's national security as well.

Andrew Mitchell

SecurityNational SecurityWellAid

I've never really had any trouble coming up with ideas; they just grow, like weeds. The weeding is the hard part.

Stuart Woods

IdeasGrowTroubleNeverHardWeeds

I'm really trying to focus myself on playing tennis, and I think that's really important.

Stefan Edberg

MyselfFocusThinkTryingImportant

In my mind, I don't necessarily associate a summer show with lightness.

Stephanie Savage

MindSummerShowAssociateLightness

Sounds so silly, but I want to accomplish getting my kids through college.

Treat Williams

CollegeSillyAccomplishWantKids

It's much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There's an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all, and I don't know how we can do this all.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

WorkFatherMenInequalityKnow

Nothing beats the original Krispy Kreme.

Jason Behr

NothingOriginalBeats

Contrary to popular belief, the outskirts are not where the world ends - they are precisely where it begins to unfurl.

Joseph Brodsky

WorldBeliefWhereBeginsContrary

In my opinion, the only people who should have handguns are the police.

Johnny Van Zant

PolicePeopleOpinionOnlyWho

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

Bono

MistakesDoingWrongHeroesMade

My family moved a lot, so I was always walking in as the new kid.

Bozoma Saint John

FamilyWalkingNewKidAlwaysMoved

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