Jane Yolen Quotes

Myths are stories that explain a natural phenomenon. Before humans found scientific explanations for such things as the moon and the sun and rainbows, they tried to understand them by telling stories.

Jane Yolen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Love is what makes you dream, and love is what makes you want to get up in the morning. Love is something that you want to be a part of because it makes you better.

Jerry Lewis

LoveMorningLove IsBetterYouUp

I don't require movies to be about good people, and I don't reject screen violence.

Roger Ebert

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The beauty of the free market is that everyone gets what they want. With governmentally imposed systems, it is always one size fits all.

Roger Ver

BeautyFreeWantAlwaysSizeMarket

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

Robin Morgan

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My wife grew up loving country music, so I always run songs by her whether I wrote it or if somebody pitched it to me.

Rodney Atkins

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I get antsy if a year goes by without doing a play. I don't go to the gym, so this is my way of trying to live longer.

Rory Kinnear

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We don't have a prayer of defeating the Red Threat of our generation without a long boom of almost unprecedented duration.

Mitch Daniels

PrayerRedGenerationLongWithout

As an actress, it appeals to me because I love the idea of playing those in-between moments, the sort of behavioral stuff that one might not normally see.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

LoveMeMomentsSeePlayingStuff

My abiding childhood memory is watching my uncle perform to thousands in Madison Square Garden. He wore a white suit and came down from the ceiling on a rope, and the crowd went crazy.

Little Louie Vega

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John Wooden made a name as a coach but also a life as a mentor.

Don Yaeger

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You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right.

Doc Rivers

FreedomTeamFreeThinkDoingYou

I don't want to be a senator.

Deval Patrick

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