Kevin Crossley-Holland Quotes

For each detail I include, I throw dozens away. So I guess the first trick is to pick the right details, the most revealing details. Then I think one must simply write quick, clean, bright prose. For me, this means rewriting and rewriting: almost never adding, almost always cutting.

Kevin Crossley-Holland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 7, 1941

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It's made it easier to communicate important issues, but I wonder if connecting with millions of people online is ever as arresting to someone's attention as one man standing and screaming in front of City Hall.

Jim Parsons

ManPeopleCitySomeoneAttention

The activity of a singer that sings opera is similar to that of an athlete.

Andrea Bocelli

AthleteOperaSingerActivitySings

The making of the Barack Obama franchise far exceeded the skill set of Washington's best. In fact, the recipe for Mr. Obama's global popularity can be attributed less to political minds and chance than to the enduring power of Hollywood.

Andrew Breitbart

PowerBestChancePoliticalSkill

That's all folks!

Mel Blanc

Folks

Clay is not my surface; everyone knows that.

Angelique Kerber

EveryoneClaySurfaceKnows

'Conservative,' to me, means someone that has an appreciation for the Constitution, that has an appreciation for a limited government and has an appreciation of our nation's founding and our history.

Tomi Lahren

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As a kid, I would keep telling my younger sister that I was a fairy who had come here to spend time with them. And I actually got to play one!

Roop Durgapal

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If I can get people to accept that a DNA test is nothing to be intimidated about, then we can do tests that determine how well you metabolise certain drugs and test for breast cancer.

Chris Toumazou

PeopleYouI CanTestNothingDNA

My plan is to stay in New York for as long as I can and do some theater out here and just keep working creatively.

Cobie Smulders

New YorkPlanLongI CanNewOut

Maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

Chuck Palahniuk

BetterEverythingOutBreakMake

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.

Arthur Erickson

NatureLearningThroughOurPart

Truly, we do live on a 'water planet.' For us, water is that critical issue that we need. It's the most precious substance on the planet, and it links us to pretty much every environmental issue, including climate change, that we're facing.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

ChangeLiveWaterEnvironmentalNeed

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