Chris Van Allsburg Quotes

What kids are exposed to on television is more frightening and horrifying than what they see in my books.

Chris Van Allsburg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 18, 1949

Topics

TelevisionMoreSeeBooksKidsThan

I played lots of bullies when I was a kid.

Jesse Plemons

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The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero.

Maxwell Anderson

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I saw myself as Joan of Arc.

Maureen O'Hara

MyselfSawArcJoan

In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a time, the meat.

Anna Quindlen

FamilyTimePeopleBreadMeatOlder

It's so hard to make a good tee shot after a birdie.

John Updike

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I thought we were going to get customers excited by telling them there were no antibiotics in our meat or no growth hormones used to raise the animals or no RBGH in our cheese or sour cream. Well, that's not a very appetizing message.

Steve Ells

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Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.

Stephen Gardiner

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I didn't have an agent, I didn't have a headshot. I didn't even know if anyone would know where to find me. I just went back to highschool and started playing with my band.

Jason Schwartzman

MeBackFindKnowBandPlaying

People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs.

Jaromir Jagr

PeopleJudgeYouPlayWayPlayoffs

I hadn't really worked in an office before Shutterstock, so I didn't have the experience of building a culture, nor did I understand how important that is for attracting and retaining the best talent.

Jon Oringer

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I've been around horses, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a horseman by any means. It's a combination of being very aware of them, and not trusting them.

Chris Cooper

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People seem to sometimes have a difficulty drawing that line between the character and the person.

Clark Duke

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