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Elizabeth Flock Quotes

'Sesame Street' was built on the idea that a show that could capture a child's attention could also give the child an education. That idea turned out to be wildly successful.

Elizabeth Flock

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american

Topics

Education Child Attention Street Out

Global energy security is a vital part of America's national security.

Joe Biden

Energy America Security Global Part

I felt that writing about peoples' lives was a heck of a responsibility, and I wanted to know them in a deep way.

Matthew Desmond

Responsibility Writing Deep Know Way

I grew up in a two-bedroom house with my grandfather, my mom and dad and four kids. I slept on the couch or on the floor, and I always wanted to have my own space.

John Searles

Space Mom House Grandfather My Own

Increasingly, there are those of us who write from outside the center, and those are the writers that I'm most interested in because they bring me into worlds that I did not previously know. And that, as a writer, is what I try to create.

Aminatta Forna

Me Create Know Try Write Outside

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

Sonia Johnson

Change History People Small Remember

Shakespeare wrote about love. I write about love. Shakespeare wrote about gang warfare, family feuds and revenge. I write about all the same things.

Sister Souljah

Family Love Revenge Write Same Gang

When the BBC decided to bring Doctor Who back as a feature film a few years ago, one national newspaper ran a poll to ask its readers who should be the new Doctor, and I topped it.

Simon Callow

Doctor Back New Newspaper Ask Bring

You have to challenge yourself about the choices you make as an artist.

Shura

Challenge Yourself Choices You Make

It's hard for me to stay silent when I keep hearing that peace is only attainable through war. There's nothing more scary than watching ignorance in action.

Tom Smothers

Ignorance Peace War Me Action Hard

I'm definitely really proud of 'Frenemies.' That was something that I loved.

Mary Mouser

Proud Loved Something Really

I can say this very clearly: I have come into this Congress with an antiwar bias.

Lois Frankel

I Can Congress Say Bias Clearly

My teacher, Josef Gingold, a student of the French school, always loved the music of Saint-Saens and Henri Vieuxtemps and all the French repertoire.

Joshua Bell

Music Teacher School Loved Student