Sharon Creech Quotes

I cannot just write a frivolous book, a la-di-da book. Everything isn't la-di-da. There is something that's going to pull you up short. I want to reassure young readers. I want to comfort them, to not fear the unexpected.

Sharon Creech

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 29, 1945

Topics

FearBookShortUnexpectedYouWant

When the mind is empty, silent, when it is in a state of complete negation - which is not blankness, nor the opposite of being positive, but a totally different state in which all thought has ceased - only then is it possible for that which is unnameable to come into being.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

PositiveMindThoughtPossibleEmpty

I can still remember the first time I heard a Beatles song. It was the fall of 1964, my second year in an American school after my family moved back from overseas, and I was standing on the corner of 64th street and First Avenue with my friend Larry Campbell.

Andrew Rosenthal

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We would betray our values and play into our enemies' hands if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone else. In fact, to cave to popular sentiment would be to hand a victory to the terrorists, and we should not stand for that.

Michael Bloomberg

VictoryTreatStandHandsValues

Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.'

John Wooden

GoodMeWinSlowLearnYou

Being a good mother is really so hard and so important, and it's this thing that all people long for. Think of all the soldiers who cry out for their mothers on the battlefield as they die. It's a primal relationship.

Mira Sorvino

GoodMotherRelationshipPeopleDie

One thing I think is least realistic is that there were five people that made decisions in the fictional 'West Wing.' In real life, there are about five million people that weigh in.

Dee Dee Myers

LifePeopleThinkDecisionsReal

For me, it was never a question of whether or not I was transgender. It was a question of what I'd be able to handle transitioning and having to do it in the public eye. One of the issues that was hard for me to overcome was the fear of that.

Chaz Bono

FearMeEyeOvercomeNeverHard

There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clothes: directing, landscaping.

Christian Louboutin

ClothesThingsMillionDirecting

The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway.

Arianna Huffington

GameRingEconomicShadyCarnival

I was offered seven deals from seven different major labels between 2009-2011, and to be quite honest... nowadays, you need a hit record, a great radio team, an amazing PR firm, social media, a big budget, a team that is ready to work extremely hard, and the drive and passion to win!

Ashanti

WorkPassionGreatSocial MediaTeam

I don't use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.

Winona Ryder

InternetYouFindEverythingOut

People feel that in too many ways the EU is something that is done to them, not something over which they have a say.

William Hague

PeopleFeelDoneSayOverSomething

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