Maryanne Wolf Quotes

The same plasticity that allows us to form a reading circuit to begin with, and short-circuit the development of deep reading if we allow it, also allows us to learn how to duplicate deep reading in a new environment. We cannot go backwards. As children move more toward an immersion in digital media, we have to figure out ways to read deeply there.

Maryanne Wolf

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ChildrenReadingDeepLearnMedia

I think a lot of times we can get distracted and not be in the moment with people and be missing all the life happening in the moment.

Angela Kinsey

LifeMomentPeopleThinkMissing

I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in order to be able to do what you want.

Michael Ian Black

PowerRespectFamousYouKnowWant

I used to write songs that were deeply personal, but since I am becoming so passionate about the world around me, that passion and drive is starting to come into my work.

Sophie B. Hawkins

WorkPassionI AmMeWorldDrive

For the most part, everybody who fights in war fights to survive.

Steven Spielberg

WarSurviveWhoMostEverybodyPart

If you don't have to get out of bed and do something every morning, that's kind of a curse.

Simon Beaufoy

MorningYouBedKindOutSomething

I'm certainly not the first author to tiptoe into the conspiratorial, religious-tinged territory, but - and I hate to break this to the faithful - neither is Dan Brown.

Simon Toyne

HateFirstFaithfulBreakBrownDan

I want to be able to sing like Whitney Houston did.

Shonda Rhimes

WantHoustonSingAbleLikeDid

Once, I got lost in the middle of the desert and had to follow the North Star to find the dirt road where my truck was parked a few miles away. Another time, I got stuck in quicksand for two days.

Trevor Paglen

TimeTruckRoadDesertFindLost

Sometimes you have to push the envelope in pursuit of the right thing.

Tom Perez

PushYouSometimesRightPursuit

I think people should be angry at things that are worthy of anger. Injustice is outrageous and deserves outrage.

Chris Hayes

AngerAngryPeopleThinkInjustice

I want to talk about my band, you know what I mean? I don't want to talk about other bands.

Chino Moreno

YouKnowWantTalkBandMean

I take a lot of flak from the counter-establishment for selling out.

Chuck Palahniuk

SellingOutTakeLotFlak

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