Margaret Spellings Quotes

And I believe that public broadcasting has an important trust with the American people, it's an intimate medium of television, and that we can do reading and language development for young children without getting into human sexuality.

Margaret Spellings

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 20, 1957

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I get really starstruck and tongue tied when I'm around other writers and the conversation tends not to go well.

Jennifer Weiner

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I started in the theater world in New York City - and indie films - and I love the feeling of your head coming together and trying to tell a simple story, a small story, and just getting that vibe of storytelling without all the craziness of big budget.

Andre Royo

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I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords.

Andrew Bird

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You write alone, but you write hoping that there will be readers who will connect with what you write, and it's so wonderful and amazing - I can't even tell you - when that actually happens.

Ann Leckie

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In the best writers, the outward-reaching interest in the 'found subject' leads back at a hairpin to some uncomfortable inner recognition that the writer has journeyed very far to see; he comes home half-dead.

Amity Gaige

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I hate being called poet/dramatist/translator/director. 'Poet' covers it all for me.

Tony Harrison

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You don't feel like you have to interact with a whole bunch of people when you get on Flipboard. It's not a source of social anxiety.

Mike McCue

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I think every writer will tell you that their characters are always partially themselves: who I am and what I've experienced. It's always there in part of my characters.

Joseph Bruchac

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In schools with a history of chaos, the teacher who can keep the classroom calm becomes virtually indispensable.

Jonathan Kozol

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I put on close to 60 pounds for 'Genesis,' an independent movie from New Zealand.

Cliff Curtis

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As an actress, I should be able to do all types of roles.

Nithya Menen

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I was always a neat kid. I never wanted my hands dirty. I wasn't a dirty kid. A lot of kids like to run around. If I was rolling around the dirt, I went home and took a shower. That's just the way I was. I'm not sure. I might have been born with it.

Mark Teixeira

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