Jane Yolen Quotes

I read everything aloud, novels as well as picture books. I believe the eye and ear are different listeners. So as writers, we have to please both.

Jane Yolen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 11, 1939

Topics

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My natural bent is to have an overabundance of energy, and motion-capture essentializes your every breath, your every move. Seeing yourself through that mask, you realize how far you can pull back and make the performance even more powerful.

Andy Serkis

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I don't like waiting in airports for my bags. Even worse, I don't like waiting in airports when my bags are lost.

Steve Waugh

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The Europeans do tend to delegitimize Israel and turn Israel into a dirty word, which is unforgivable.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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I think I probably have a creepy kind of scary quality. Otherwise, I wouldn't get jobs. But I also think it has a little bit to do with, you've done it a couple times, and then people see you that way.

Tom Noonan

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I try to do something physical every day. I don't go heavy every day, though.

Russell Wilson

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A lot of people stop short. They don't actually die but they say, 'Right I'm old, and I'm going to retire,' and then they dwindle into nothing. They go off to Florida and become jolly boring.

Mary Wesley

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Make a living will. Talk about it. Death is going to happen to everybody. Write it down. Even if you write it on a piece of paper at home and have your family witness it, you need to write it down.

Michael Schiavo

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It's time Congress got its priorities straight.

Mitch McConnell

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I'm a strong believer in the fact that women are born to multi-task. God has made us like that.

Deepika Padukone

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Without foundations, there can be no fashion.

Christian Dior

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I think I don't take myself too seriously. You know as far as, it's a fun life. I take my music serious, but I like to have fun.

Bruno Mars

LifeMusicMyselfFunHave FunYou

One of the most interesting things that I'm seeing of the Trump picks is such a heavy business and financial focus. I can't help but feel like this is going to throw a lot of policy weight and details back to Congress, because these are not people who have a lot of experience drafting legislation.

Austan Goolsbee

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