Sharon Draper Quotes

I start with an idea or a problem or a conflict, or even a situation that might be pertinent to the lives of young people, then the characters grow from that point. I try to make strong characters that change and develop and learn from their mistakes.

Sharon Draper

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 21, 1948

Topics

ChangeMistakesPeopleStartStrong

There's something called, 'resolution authority,' which gives the government the power to takeover a failing bank - something they didn't have pre-Lehman Brothers.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

PowerGovernmentResolutionAuthority

In a world of oversharing, we don't want to be unknown or unseen. We don't want to be left out.

Meghan Daum

WorldWantUnknownOutLeftUnseen

I mean, the fact of the matter is, Ohio 's coming back because we set a clear path, we cut taxes, we balanced our budget, we got credit upgrades when the whole rest of the world, including America, was being downgraded.

John Kasich

PathWorldRestAmericaCreditBack

In 1971, I put together the 'Johnny Face' drawing as a concept, with the words as part of an image in a circle. Combining my abstract drawing with the headline 'Crazy World Ain't It' created an emblem and became a button.

John Van Hamersveld

TogetherWordsCrazyWorldFace

Bankers - pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God and He has been accurately quoted.

John Ralston Saul

GodSocietyHellGoingBeenWho

I want to be able to enjoy my life to the fullest so I can add something to the lives of people around me.

Milana Vayntrub

LifePeopleMeMy LifeEnjoyI Can

A lot of times, in our culture and our society, we put romantic love somehow on a higher plane than self-love and friendship love. You can't do that. You have to honor and really fully invest in all these different loving relationships.

Delilah

FriendshipLoveRomanticCultureYou

My sister's tall, thin, model-esque.

Chrissy Metz

SisterTallThin

The E.P.A. is too important to treat like a reality TV show. People's lives and our country's resources are at stake.

Christine Todd Whitman

PeopleTreatRealityCountryShow

Conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing.

Colin R. Davis

SingingMoreBreathingThan

In some countries, as many as 91 percent of women have no one at their side to assist them during labor and delivery.

Christy Turlington

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I look at Boston-based companies all the time... There's certainly great companies in Boston. If the deal makes sense on the merit of the deal itself, we'll go and do the deal.

Peter Levine

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