Peter Lerangis Quotes

With the '39 Clues,' we were making history jump out of the page for the readers, so they don't know they're learning. The kids can't put the books down - it's so exciting.

Peter Lerangis

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LearningHistoryDownJumpKnowOut

Looking in a mirror and telling yourself to feel better doesn't work when you're a girl, but finding something that you love to do, something that makes you a better person like volunteering to help others, will definitely make a difference.

Su-chin Pak

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I started my career as an urban planner, working for the city, doing what I would call 'do-gooder' things, particularly for low-income neighborhoods.

Jorge M. Perez

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There's nothing wrong with having a desire to want nice things. It's when we place that as a measure of the value of ourselves that it goes askew.

Demi Moore

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Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.

Donald Rumsfeld

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Don't get me wrong: I think that everyone should put forth an effort to do better, but let's face it, some of us are just plain luckier than others.

Donald Ray Pollock

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I think living my happy, open life and showing young gay kids you can be successful, you can have love in your life, you can be a contributing member of society and you can be respected - I think that's it.

Bryan Batt

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My government is committed to carrying out electoral reforms. It is our firm resolve to keep criminal elements away from power.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

PowerGovernmentResolveOutKeep

When I was first starting out in the industry in the early '90s, gay love stories were relegated to limited-release films that were hidden deep in the back of Blockbuster video stores.

Wilson Cruz

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When you use film, you use accidents, but there aren't any accidents with digital photography. I don't mind that it's easy. But I do mind that there is a sort of consensus with the camera and the subject and the light, and you look at something, and you photograph it, and you get what you see.

William Klein

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Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.

Prince Philip

SayingNowComplainingMoreLeisure

I used to think the word 'feminist' reeked of insecurity. A woman who needed to state that she was equal to a man might as well be shouting that she was smart or brave. If you were, you wouldn't need to say it.

Paulina Porizkova

WomanManSmartBraveInsecurity

We play a sport. It's a game. At the end of the day, that's all it is, is a game. It doesn't make you any better or any worse than anybody else. So by winning a game, you're no better. By losing a game, you're no worse. I think by keeping that mentality, it really keeps things in perspective for me to treat everybody the same.

Tim Tebow

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