Maryanne Wolf Quotes

No one can ever prepare a parent for two things: the immeasurable love that comes with having a child; and the sorrow and confusion that comes when your child appears to learn in a different way from other children.

Maryanne Wolf

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LoveChildrenChildParentLearn

I don't know, I find that honestly, the stand-up thing in some ways is a little bit of a cliche to carry around, because people don't consider stand-ups really actors.

Jim Gaffigan

PeopleFindKnowLittleCarrySome

When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.

John C. Hawkes

GoodWritingFictionStartedKnew

We in the NFL unquestionably are in sports and competition, but we're also in entertainment, and that's the entertainment capital of the world. It just bowls you over when you see the opportunity in L.A.

Jerry Jones

OpportunitySportsCompetitionWorld

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

John F. Kennedy

ManComputersExtraordinaryStill

If you are a success, you can take care of people; you can give a lot to your community.

John Schnatter

SuccessCommunityPeopleCareYou

Piano is unique in that way: it can be both percussive and haunting.

Miguel Sapochnik

UniqueWayPianoBothHaunting

Yes, Barack Obama could easily be cast as an American president in a movie or TV show.

Mike Gallagher

AmericanPresidentYesShowCastTV

I think young people are the most creative and the coolest - people that we should be learning from. Even when I'm at a party, I'm analyzing it and thinking about it in the context of how I would write about it. That side of me never switches off.

Lorde

LearningCreativePeopleMeThinking

I hardly see myself as a futurist.

Dick Wolf

MyselfSeeHardly

No, I'm not running for office someday.

Chris Hughes

OfficeSomedayRunning

Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost automatically because the characters are now pulling the story.

Chinua Achebe

StoryWorryKnowNowWillPlot

Crime is one of the leads of the show. If there's ever anything that deals with a character's personal life, you don't have to worry about it getting too crazy. People don't have to worry about character arcs. Each episode is a self-contained unit.

Christopher Meloni

LifeCharacterPeopleCrazyWorry

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