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Rebecca Stead Quotes

I think that my first book - I was trying to write the kind of book I would have loved as a kid. So it's sort of, like, a book inspired by my childhood reading and the passion that I felt about reading when I was a kid.

Rebecca Stead

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: January 16, 1968

Topics

Passion Childhood Book Reading Think

Demarcation disputes between supervisor and student are always difficult, probably impossible to resolve... it is the supervisor who has the final responsibility for the success or failure of the project.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Success Failure Responsibility Always

America is the greatest country on Earth - and when people vote with their feet, they come here.

Michael Bloomberg

People Feet America Country Earth

Here, like everywhere else, laughing and singing, dancing and dreaming are not exactly the whole of reality; and for one ray of sun shining on the hut, the rest of the village remains in the dark.

Simone Schwarz-Bart

Sun Singing Rest Reality Village

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Tony Benn

Failure War Diplomacy Represents

It's hard to define change in oneself unless something really dramatic happens, like you give up some vice, fall in love, or something like that.

Ron Howard

Love Change You Fall Hard Vice

I'll never forget seeing 'Guys and Dolls' over and over. I used to sit up in the coliseum watching this magnificent musical. Brilliant.

Ron Moody

Never Forget Seeing Forget Brilliant

I love white linens and walls mixed with antique Victorian furniture.

Mary Helen Bowers

Love Walls Furniture White Antique

I am a great football player. I had my own club when I was 14 years old. Football is in my blood, and I have been a fan of Fulham for the last 30 years.

Mohamed Al-Fayed

Great Football I Am Blood My Own

The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky.

Lukas Foss

Influence Interesting Used Obvious

I wouldn't be me if my repertoire wasn't bel canto.

Juan Diego Florez

Me Repertoire

The N.Y.C. tech scene is vibrant, and Betabeat will be a great vehicle to cover it in depth.

Jared Kushner

Great Will Depth Tech Cover Vehicle

I don't really look into the past too much.

Shawn Mendes

Past Look Too Much Much Too Really