John Corey Whaley Quotes

I was thrilled when this year's National Book Award for Young People's Literature went to Neal Schusterman's 'Challenger Deep.' This brilliant book takes you into the mind of a mentally ill teenager and deserves all the accolades it's received.

John Corey Whaley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 19, 1984

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Royalty are surrounded by people who don't know how to deal with it.

Jimmy Savile

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My foundation now has some 120 football pitches laid out for children, a lot of them immigrants. We live in a multicultural society.

Johan Cruyff

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Everytime I get offered theatre I get offered a film role too.

Melissa George

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How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.

Robert Southey

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I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.

Robert Downey, Jr.

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Morals are private. Decency is public.

Rita Mae Brown

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Only a fool permits the letter of the law to override the spirit in the heart. Do not let a piece of paper stand in the way of true love and headlines.

Rod Stewart

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That past is still within our living memory, a time when neighbour helped neighbour, sharing what little they had out of necessity, as well as decency.

Mary McAleese

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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.

Michel de Montaigne

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I always say that the largest party in every country - the largest opposition group in every country - is the youth party.

Jared Cohen

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When it gets to the knockout stages of Europe, we all know anything can happen.

Diego Godin

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In an industry that's uncertain and when you're in a lot of situations that are anxiety-causing, to have someone there who has your back unconditionally and cares for you and the material and would give anything to make sure everything is OK, makes you feel so much better. It gives you a sense of security as an artist.

Dee Rees

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