Jerry Spinelli Quotes

I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that; otherwise, you end up preaching down. You need to listen not so much to the audience but to the story itself.

Jerry Spinelli

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 1, 1941

Topics

StoryThinkEndYouDownNeed

This is not the first time that Mexican authorities have handed over an Arab from a country with known Al Qaeda connections to a local sheriff across the border. FBI picks them up and disappears.

John Culberson

TimeBorderConnectionsCountryOver

I tell people that anything that could ever happen to you on stage has happened to me. My clothes have fallen off. I've fallen off the stage. I've gotten sick - anything.

Melissa Etheridge

PeopleMeSickClothesYouStage

I like to try to do a little work before I do anything in the morning, even if it's a paragraph.

Sloane Crosley

WorkMorningTryLittleAnything

Men are even afraid to say, 'You look nice,' or, 'You look pretty,' when you come out of hair and makeup to walk on set. And before, men would constantly - producers would constantly say things, but that's kind of a way that they would butter the actresses up and make them feel secure.

Shiri Appleby

WalkMenHairMakeupYouLook

Regardless of the magnitude of the decision, our brains make it hard for us to keep the perspective we need to make good choices.

Travis Bradberry

GoodDecisionPerspectiveChoicesUs

A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets has no charm for me. If the Union is dissolved and government disrupted, I shall return to my native state and share the miseries of my people, and save in defense will draw my sword on none.

Robert E. Lee

GovernmentPeopleMeSwordWill

I've always walked and climbed; spent a lot of time in the arctic and places.

Robin Day

TimePlacesAlwaysArcticSpentLot

I have no desire to be a centenarian. I think 90 is a great time. You've had a good innings. You have to deal with the cards that have been dealt, of course, but I don't think very old age, if you haven't got your marbles, can be very nice.

Mary Berry

GoodAgeGreatTimeOld AgeThink

If you were ever a ballerina, you know the pain: just to be able to look like it's all so light, but when they take off their shoes, it's all bloody.

Michelle Yeoh

ShoesLightPainYouLookKnow

Design is how you make your first impression with your consumers. Make sure it is a lasting one.

Jay Samit

DesignYouFirstFirst Impression

Milk Bar is a quirky American bakery, where the original inspiration is the humble beginnings of American-style baked goods and loving trips to Dairy Queen.

Christina Tosi

HumbleQueenAmericanLovingMilk

I have seen things in my life that have broken me in spirit.

Cory Booker

LifeBrokenMeMy LifeSpiritSeen

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