Ellen Potter Quotes

I resisted children's writing for a long time. I saw myself as a writer of literary fiction. But I had so much more fun writing kids' books.

Ellen Potter

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ChildrenTimeMyselfFunWriting

Being robbed hurts - not physically, but from what it does to your pride.

John Boyega

PrideBeingYourHurtsPhysically

We strongly believe that children should not be exposed to smokeless tobacco or see such products being used by their on-field sports heroes.

Jerry Reinsdorf

ChildrenSportsBelieveHeroesSee

The difference is that if we turn from the Gentile first, we will have the Almighty as the immediate staff and our comfort. If not, we will have neither the Gentile nor, for a terrible stage, the Almighty.

Meir Kahane

ComfortWillFirstStageTurnOur

Oh, if I had only known then what I know now, I would have stopped it last year when I was still young.

Anna Lee

YearKnowYoungNowLast YearLast

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

Ann Landers

WorkHard WorkPeopleOpportunities

It's just as easy to buy a $12,000 watch in East Hampton as it is to pick up a carton of milk, and new homeowners are so impatient that they landscape their front lawns with 'mature gardens' of full-grown trees.

Steven Gaines

TreesLandscapeEasyNewMilkUp

In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the ancient Greeks and Romans also held the view that acceptance is the beginning of wisdom.

Simon Van Booy

StrengthWisdomBeginningAcceptance

I was pretty hot-tempered all through school. I remember my high school basketball coach telling me: 'Boy, if you don't learn to control that temper, you're gonna kill somebody.'

Tony Dorsett

SchoolMeControlBasketballLearn

I'm not an unhappy person - I'm just an anxious person. It runs in the family.

Julia Holter

FamilyUnhappyPersonAnxiousJust

A democracy depends on its people, the literate and the well read.

Dev Anand

PeopleDemocracyWellReadDepends

In every story of solipsism, there is always a conspiracy. Why? Because there is always a background involved in every perception.

Douglas Lain

PerceptionStoryWhyAlwaysInvolved

In order to crash the party and be a clown with your own skit, you had to be there for quite a while.

David Strathairn

YouPartyClownOrderOwnYour

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