Judith Viorst Quotes

If I could pick one reason why I want to be a writer, it would be connection. In all kinds of ways, I like to be individual and distinct; but when I write, I want to be writing about things that connect me to the people for whom I write.

Judith Viorst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 2, 1932

Topics

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Ever since going up to university, I have accumulated new debt, and new means of becoming indebted.

Michael Gove

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O never give me over to my own heart's desires, nor let me follow my own imaginations!

John Wesley

HeartMeMy OwnNeverFollowOver

I think I have handled things pretty well last year and this. What I have to do now is try do it even better.

Amelie Mauresmo

ThinkBetterYearNowTryPretty

Look, I think the worst case scenario is obvious. I think first of all it doesn't work for very long. It's an unstable government that raises taxes and destroys the image we're building for Canada as a strong place to invest.

Stephen Harper

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I'm careful about keeping myself fit and thin, or as thin as I can manage.

Ruth Rendell

MyselfI CanFitCarefulAboutThin

You can certainly get an idea of the value of memory if your memories can carry you out into the world no matter how utterly dissatisfied you may be with the present and wish you could get away from it.

Rudolf Steiner

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Japanese chefs believe our soul goes into our knives once we start using them. You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!

Masaharu Morimoto

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I think therapy interferes with the creative process. It takes off the edge.

Michael O'Donoghue

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It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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If you don't have many possessions, then you don't need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself.

Jose Mujica

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It just tends to be that the grass is always greener. If I'm doing a movie, I suddenly think, 'Oh God, I wish I could just get a play script I could get my teeth into.' If I'm doing eight shows a week in a West End musical, I think, 'God, how lovely it would be to be in a TV series right now.'

Douglas Hodge

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Surf is something I have been obsessed with since I was a child.

Brandon Boyd

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