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Avi Quotes

Every night, I was read to. Every Friday, we were taken to the library. I always received at least one book for my birthday. I have a few of them yet. Early on, I had my own collection of books. I loved to read. Still do.

Avi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: December 23, 1937

Topics

Birthday Night Book Library Loved

Imminent GM bankruptcy was always fiction, created by Wall Street and the media.

Robert Lutz

Media Wall Street Always Fiction GM

I remind myself that I'm always more satisfied by human interaction than by a digital connection.

Maulik Pancholy

Myself Connection More Human Digital

I grew up in Chelsea on 22nd Street... I am really a native New Yorker.

Matt McGorry

I Am New Street Up Native Chelsea

Agatha Christie never wrote books that just started with a dead body, and a 'Let's find out who the murderer is', which is kind of mysterious but not that mysterious. She always started with, 'How can this thing be happening; isn't it strange?'

Sophie Hannah

Body Find Kind Strange Never She

Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner.

Spike Lee

Good Job Dinner Slavery You Singer

I'm stupidly curious. I will go and touch anything until I find out that it's very harmful.

Steven Yeun

Curious Find Go Will Touch Anything

When I was about 12, I spent the summer writing four plays on my dad's old typewriter for a school play competition. And I wrote little comic bits at secondary school and at university.

Rory Kinnear

School Competition Writing Play Old

I teach songwriting a lot, and I always tell my students, 'You gotta write the little songs sometimes to get to the next big song in the chute.' You gotta write 'em to get to it. You never know what's going to be a little song or a big song.

Mary Gauthier

Song You Know Sometimes Teach Never

In 1947 I married Rowena Palmer, and we have two daughters, Alison and Claire, and a son, John.

Martin Ryle

Son Two Daughters Married John

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.

Jean de la Bruyere

Friendship Love Time Stronger Weaker

Growing up as a singer, and a cast member, and now as an adult, a songwriter, I get the luxury of choosing the kinds of songs that I want to sing, because I'll write, you know, hundreds of songs. Even though only 12 appear on the album. That's 12 that I've chosen to sing of my catalog.

Jason Mraz

Growing Up Luxury You Growing Know

We were number one most added at radio, when the single came out and that's much different. It took like eight months for any radio to happen on the first record, so a lot more support has happened right out of the box.

Jon Crosby

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