Philip Kerr Quotes

I prefer to write books for children instead of reading them. But I do strongly believe in childhood and in respecting childhood innocence. I don't like books for children that deal with adult themes.

Philip Kerr

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 22, 1956

Topics

ChildrenChildhoodBelieveReading

People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.

Mason Cooley

ArtPeopleBelieveTrueCannot

My experience and research has led me to the regrettable conclusion that our system of mass incarceration functions more like a caste system than a system of crime prevention or control.

Michelle Alexander

ExperienceMeResearchControlCrime

It is possible to take a population of students who are failing and whose schools are failing them, who are being written off as not being college material, and if they have the right support, they can all go to college and succeed.

Mitch Kapor

SupportCollegeSucceedGoPossible

But the Spain which emerged around 1960, beginning with its economic miracle, created by the invasion of tourists, can no longer result in impassioned dedication on the part of its intellectuals, and even less on the part of foreign intellectuals.

Juan Goytisolo

BeginningDedicationResultMiracle

Antarctica is a very alien environment, and you can't survive here more than minutes if you're not equipped properly and doing the right thing all the time.

Jon Krakauer

TimeSurviveDoing The Right Thing

I'm an only child, and in college, I was given a single, and then I lived with people for, like, two years but were my best friends, and we had a really fun time. And then I lived alone or with a boyfriend. I've never really had a bad roommate situation.

Ari Graynor

AloneTimeBestFunChildCollege

The main advantage of the omniscient approach is that it's the easiest to handle. That's the major reason so many writers select it.

Arthur Herzog

ReasonHandleAdvantageApproach

Take opera for example - to go to the opera you have to dress up in a tuxedo and pay lots of money.

Wim Wenders

MoneyDressYouGoOperaPay

I think it's important to live your life the way you want to live it. Don't live your life in fear.

Shaun Evans

LifeFearLiveThinkYouImportant

You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism and don't just follow the herd like somebody else might do.

Renny Harlin

Never Give UpChallengesWorldYou

As an actor, of course, you want to be in something that's successful.

Marina Sirtis

YouWantActorSuccessfulSomething

Working your obliques pulls everything together and gives you a slim waist.

Marisa Miller

TogetherYouEverythingWorkingYour

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