Beverly Cleary Quotes

We didn't have television in those days, and many people didn't even have radios. My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening.

Beverly Cleary

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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FatherMotherPeopleMeEvening

I worked in a Starbucks that wasn't very popular - before the big coffee boom in London. My boss didn't take kindly to my incessant sitting. I was like, 'Look, I've dusted everything, the stockroom is all figured out... I would rather sit now so I have the energy when a customer does come in.'

Andrew Garfield

CoffeeBossEnergyCustomerLook

And I also serve on a caucus that addresses financial literacy for young people in this country. And it is so hypocritical that we want to talk to these kids about how to better manage their money when we are not doing a good job with our Nation's resources.

Melissa Bean

GoodMoneyJobPeopleBetterDoing

It has been great portraying Gollum, but it will be great to see my face on screen for a change.

Andy Serkis

ChangeGreatFaceWillSeeScreen

I don't fear what will happen, but you just get ahead of yourself, like, 'Oh my gosh, I wish it would happen now.'

Simone Biles

FearYourselfWishYouNowAhead

Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming.

Tom Hiddleston

FightingStopNeverNever Stop

There's certainly satire written about techies, but it's so snarky and snide and doesn't treat him as a whole person. The people I worked with at Twitter - they're very analytical, but they're also deep and thoughtful - I feel like they deserved a charismatic spokesperson.

Robin Sloan

PeopleTreatDeepFeelThoughtful

The thing that's cool about the recording booth is that it's so perfunctory, so cut-to-the-chase.

Ron Perlman

CoolRecordingAboutBoothThing

I shot with it a lot. I still do now. That is why I am hard of hearing.

Mikhail Kalashnikov

I AmNowWhyHardHearingStill

What matters is being a particular kind of person. At the most basic level, it matters that you are the kind of person who resolves problems with force of thought and feeling instead of with the force of arms.

Brendan Myers

ProblemsThoughtYouFeelingPerson

Sport seems to be much more important to people than politics.

Philip Kerr

PoliticsPeopleImportantMoreSeems

Since oceans are the life support system of our planet, regulating the climate, providing most of our oxygen and feeding over a billion people, what's bad for oceans is bad for us - very bad.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

LifeSupportPeopleBadOverSystem

I see travelling as a great learning process, and my biggest dream is to travel the world.

Pooja Hegde

LearningGreatTravelWorldProcess

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