Beverly Cleary Quotes

I had a bad time in school in the first grade. Because I had been a rather lonely child on a farm, but I was free and wild and to be shut up in a classroom - there were 40 children on those days in the classroom, and it was quite a shock.

Beverly Cleary

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 12, 1916

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Writing a novel - unlike operating a piece of heavy machinery, say, or cooking a chicken - is not a skill that can be taught. There is no standard way of doing it, just as there is no means of telling, while you're doing it, whether you're doing it well or badly. And merely because you've done it well once doesn't mean you can do it well again.

Robert Harris

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I've realised that nobody's going to die if I don't get it right and that there are a number of things out there, beyond acting, that are very interesting and fulfilling.

Matthew Rhys

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I would rather just be successful and have money than be famous.

Jeffree Star

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It was Queen Elizabeth who made me a foreign correspondent.

Russell Baker

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I like weeding, but I tend to think of it as a solitary activity.

Roy Blount, Jr.

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I love this game. I love to have fun. You're playing a sport that you've loved since you were a kid, you get paid for it, and even if you're 0-for-20 or 0-for-30, you still have fun.

Miguel Cabrera

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Quite frankly, if I didn't enjoy the fashion industry, then I wouldn't continue to do it.

Juergen Teller

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I do respect them; I have great respect for women. In fact, one of the reasons 'The Apprentice' was such a successful show for so many years, the audience of women was fantastic.

Donald Trump

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There's always something funny about men chasing women.

David Spade

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As for the herbal cigarettes, for the most part I don't smoke as much as the guys do. I'm usually just strutting around a bit more so I don't actually have to be inhaling it. I'm lucky because I do have scenes where the cigarettes work beautifully to punctuate certain things I'm saying.

Christina Hendricks

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A pile of bills and statements - whether paid or not - is a sign that someone is clueless about what's coming in and going out.

Suze Orman

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The essence to me of all good drama is argument.

Sydney Pollack

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