Margaret Mahy Quotes

I once knew a house rather like The Land of Smiles - an old house occupied by a varied collection of young people, mainly students. However none of these people were true models for the characters in the book, though their way of life may have been.

Margaret Mahy

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It might be that you never want to get married, or it might be that you really, really do. Either is fine. What's not fine is not to be honest about what you want.

Joanna Coles

YouWantNeverHonestGetFine

There is a slam-dunk case for extending foreign language teaching to children aged five. Just as some people have taken a perverse pride in not understanding mathematics, so we have taken a perverse pride in the fact that we do not speak foreign languages, and we just need to speak louder in English.

Michael Gove

ChildrenMathematicsPeopleSpeak

When you explain to people what you're trying to do, as opposed to just making demands or delegating tasks, you can build instant trust, even if it's just for that short time you're on the phone.

Simon Sinek

TimeTrustPeopleShortTryingYou

It's important to remember that life is hectic and unpredictable.

Mary Helen Bowers

LifeRememberImportantUnpredictable

I could be less impatient with people. I sometimes judge by impressions.

Michelle Paver

PeopleJudgeSometimesImpressions

The hip-hop community is made up of a lot of hustlers. Everybody is trying to get theirs, and everybody is trying to eat.

Ludacris

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'My Fair Lady' will never get old for me.

Lisa O'Hare

MeLadyWillNeverFairOld

Memory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human.

Joshua Foer

TrainingMemoryPartyHumanJust

If you're ever being typecasted - as most of us are - that's a great way to be typecasted. So, 'The Rifleman' is still popular with a lot of people, and I'm proud to be associated.

Chuck Connors

GreatPeopleProudYouWayUs

How to become a millionaire? Become a billionaire first.

Chuck Feeney

BecomeFirstMillionaireHow

I've read that a naked eye can see six thousand stars in the hundred billion galaxies, but I couldn't believe it, what with the sky white with starlight. I saw a million stars with one eye and two million with both.

William Least Heat-Moon

StarsSkyEyeBelieveWhiteNaked

Had we really succeeded therefore in altering the period of vibration, which Maxwell, as I have just noted, held to be impossible? Or was there some disturbing circumstances from one or more factors which distorted the result?

Pieter Zeeman

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