Sharon Draper Quotes

A good book ought to bring out lots of different responses from those that read it - none of them pre-planned, and all of them very personal. Whatever they take away from the reading of the book is valuable.

Sharon Draper

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodBookReadingPersonalWhatever

I've come to the conclusion that everybody should marry, including me.

Anna May Wong

MeConclusionComeEverybodyMarry

When I moved to Seattle, I was hanging out with kids who had done drugs, had sex a million times. I look at them now and realize their childhood was taken away.

Jeff Ament

ChildhoodLookSexDoneNowRealize

I've had no shellfish and no pork for quite some time.

Amar'e Stoudemire

TimePorkSomeQuiteHad

Forgotten was presented to me by the drama department at LWT as a concept and I found it immediately intriguing and very powerful. I was completely led by the power of the piece and its dramatic potential.

Amanda Burton

PowerMePotentialPowerfulDrama

Only one American has given his life for Iranian democracy. He was a young idealist from Nebraska named Howard Baskerville. In 1907, fresh out of Princeton, Baskerville went to Iran as a schoolteacher. He found himself in the midst of a revolution against tyranny, and was carried away with passion for the democratic cause.

Stephen Kinzer

LifePassionDemocracyRevolution

I don't think we live in a particularly equal society.

Sienna Miller

LiveSocietyThinkEqual

I'm about 75 pages into a book on poetry. I don't know if anybody wants to read it. It's on any broad variety of subjects. I walk down the street and think of a topic and jot it down and say, 'Okay, that's another one.' They go from the humorous to the serious to every topic imaginable.

Marv Levy

WalkPoetryBookThinkDownKnow

We live in a nation where corporations are people.

Lizz Winstead

LivePeopleNationWhere

As the founder of your company, you must be in love with your brand and inspired by your brand's mission if you have any hope of getting press for your product.

Jason Calacanis

LoveHopeBrandMissionYouCompany

When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it.

Dimebag Darrell

BeautyTryingFindPlayUpStarted

At 'Price Is Right,' people feel so safe there and loved. And if you can't jump around on 'Price is Right,' then you can't jump around anywhere, you know?

Drew Carey

PeopleLovedFeelYouJumpKnow

I'm probably the most successful Celtic bard of my generation, who projected this style and this image and this casketful of magical songs all around the world.

Donovan

StyleWorldGenerationImageMagical

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