Maryanne Wolf Quotes

Children need to have both time to think and the motivation to think for themselves, to develop an expert reading brain, before the digital mode dominates their reading. The immediacy and volume of information should not be confused with true knowledge.

Maryanne Wolf

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KnowledgeChildrenTimeBrainThink

I mean, 'Girls': I love 'Girls,' I watch 'Girls.' But it's a show that's very coastal. People in New York and people in L.A. and people in San Francisco will watch it. But I think in Middle America, for the most part, it probably isn't watched as much.

Jeremy Allen White

LoveNew YorkPeopleThinkAmerica

I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well, In moderation, wine is good for you - mentally, physically, and spiritually.

Robert Mondavi

GoodWineYouLivingAlwaysImprove

To get a connection to your characters, you have to put them in a situation that you can feel yourself.

Michael Connelly

YourselfFeelYouConnectionGet

We are a fighting nation, continually struggling to overcome diseases from within... and to face up to foreign intervention from without.

Sukarno

FaceFightingOvercomeNationWithin

I like people-people rather than movie people.

Michael Keaton

PeopleLikeRatherThanMovie

When I was a kid, I had to fight for everything.

Luis Suarez

FightKidEverythingHad

Finally, in my early 30s, I started writing fiction for the first time as an adult. That felt so scary, and I spent a few years feeling miserably 'behind' my high-achieving friends. But I persevered and obviously have no regrets.

Julia Glass

TimeWritingFriendsEarlyFeeling

I think there's something special about getting a moment perfect or near perfect. In a film, you can do that.

Joshua Henry

MomentThinkYouPerfectSpecial

I want to change the game and break through the nonsense without any Establishment help.

Dolph Ziggler

ChangeGameHelpWantNonsenseAny

The grittier, the dirtier, the worse I can look, the happier I am. It takes the pressure off.

Douglas Booth

I AmPressureLookI CanOffWorse

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

AdventureWarLikeDiseaseTyphus

I think it's unfortunate to have critics for friends.

William Styron

ThinkFriendsCriticsI Think

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