Sonya Hartnett Quotes

I have spent a great deal of my time defending my work against those who see it as too complicated, too old in approach, too bleak to qualify as children's literature. This has been the bane of my life.

Sonya Hartnett

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LifeWorkChildrenGreatTimeSee

I wanted to show those characters discovering it is possible to find common ground, as they make their way through a plotline that I hope is engrossing enough to keep the reader a willing participant.

Joan D. Vinge

HopeEnoughFindWayPossibleKeep

Nick Kroll, A.D. Miles, Chelsea Peretti - those were the people I was always doing open mics with.

John Mulaney

PeopleDoingAlwaysOpenMilesWere

My own child doesn't even know that Stephanie is my name.

Stormy Daniels

ChildNameKnowMy OwnOwnEven

My father was indeed a musician, but he was a weekend warrior. He was a welder, actually, and worked all his life at the Ironworks in Beloit Wisconsin, and he played in a swing band on weekends.

Robin Zander

LifeFatherWeekendWarriorSwing

When I look back on my life, I wonder how I survived - my mother said I had a guardian angel.

Micky Dolenz

LifeMotherAngelMy LifeLookBack

The lawyer refused to tell me my brother's name, and my colleagues started a betting pool. The leading candidate: John Travolta. I secretly hoped for a literary descendant of Henry James - someone more talented than I: someone brilliant without even trying.

Mona Simpson

BrotherMeLawyerColleaguesName

All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

BirthDeclineLanguagesHad

I have never once celebrated a Valentine's Day as a romantic holiday. For me, it's another opportunity to tell my kids or whoever how much I love them. I hang pink crepe paper and make heart-shaped pancakes!

Delilah

LoveOpportunityValentine's DayDay

I think something that forces financial institutions to write down underwater mortgages, I think, would be a sensible thing to do.

Christina Romer

ThinkFinancialDownWriteSomething

What do I care about law? Ain't I got the power?

Cornelius Vanderbilt

PowerLawCareGotAboutI Care

As leaders, it's our job to hold people accountable and to produce results for our partners, customers, and families.

Clay Clark

JobPeopleResultsHoldAccountable

When I started, I was doing all the good comedians I'd ever seen. Then I developed my own voice. My routines are my natural way of looking at the world.

Bob Newhart

GoodWorldLookingVoiceDoingWay

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