Jane Yolen Quotes

My beloved husband goes through radiation, and a book of sonnets is my passionate response. And then after he dies, I write another book of poems as a farewell. The two keywords here are passion and joy. I simply have a passion for writing, and I do it with joy.

Jane Yolen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I was my thinnest when doing 35 fashion shows a week in different countries because I didn't have time to eat. I've never bought the idea that models in fashion magazines cause readers to have anorexia and bulimia. And you can't be a model if you've got those conditions anyway, because you'll get acne and hair all over your body.

Jerry Hall

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You must go after the things you desire like your life depends on it, because guess what? Your life does depend on it. The life you truly want to live does.

Jen Sincero

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My dream was to have my own advertising agency by the time I was 30, and that was before I got into movies.

John G. Avildsen

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The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how much fun Africans had with their families and friends and on the sports fields; they laughed all the time.

Andrew Shue

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Our lifestyle was not in any way a negative. That was not the problem. That is and will remain one of the wonderful opportunities we are able to give our children.

Angelina Jolie

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I came in thinking about Bobby Ewing, but I love this Ray Krebbs role.

Steve Kanaly

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Crush Malaysia! Indonesia may change its tactics, but our goal will remain the same.

Sukarno

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I use Amazon for books. I use Amazon for loads of other things. I regard Amazon as a source, as I think a lot of other people do.

Sonny Mehta

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I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

Socrates

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Fernanda Andrade and Daphne Zuniga are two beautiful, inspiring women I met and became very close with while living in L.A. Daphne's father is from Central America, and Fernanda is originally from Brazil.

Torrey DeVitto

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Your paradigm is so intrinsic to your mental process that you are hardly aware of its existence, until you try to communicate with someone with a different paradigm.

Donella Meadows

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Having money is better than not having it, but I've been poor, and I've survived.

Dawn Steel

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