Richard Paul Evans Quotes

So much of young adult literature has turned dark, almost pathological. It's almost as if there is a race to see who can be the most dysfunctional.

Richard Paul Evans

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 11, 1962

Topics

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When I was coming home from school as a youngster, and I saw my dad's car in the driveway, I would go to a friend's house. I connected my dad being there with fear.

Joe Torre

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The Church cannot be content to live in its stained-glass house and throw stones through the picture window of modern culture.

Robert McAfee Brown

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We've been called the soundtrack of people's lives. There have been lots of downs, of course but mostly ups. That EW&F is still clicking at least twenty years on and has a life of its own, that the songs have stayed alive - we're like a good book that people go back to.

Maurice White

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I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.

Maurice Sendak

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We weren't rich by any means, but we had each other, so we were rich in family. When you don't have a lot, it just fuels that creativity. So it manifested in us doing characters of people in the neighborhood or doing impersonations of Mom and Dad. The comedy bug, it takes over.

Tony Rock

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Christiania has a lot of strong, nuclear families. It gave us a sense of empowerment and belonging and richness. We had so much love; we were never in doubt that we were wanted in this world.

Lukas Forchhammer

LoveWorldStrongDoubtBelonging

Every soldier should learn survival on land, sea, and in the air.

Louis Zamperini

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We can pass practical, comprehensive immigration reform.

Jared Polis

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What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.

Desiderius Erasmus

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It's hard to have a career.

David Spade

CareerHard

My favorite show is America's Funniest Home Videos. People will get hit on the head and I feel bad cause I'm laughing my head off!

Corbin Bleu

HomePeopleFeelAmericaBadWill

That's the great part about television: It's alive, and it changes and evolves with the way the characters evolve. Stuff that happens to you in your life when you're shooting a TV show, you have to be careful, because it might end up in the show.

Thomas Jane

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