Laura van den Berg Quotes

In the world of the American creative writing workshop, I've encountered teachers who are tempted to place, or have actually placed, a moratorium on child narrators. Students love to write them, but children come laden with complications.

Laura van den Berg

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Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

Anna Seward

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For each person, they live their life and their truth and how it works for them, and that's just kind of how it works for me. I'm not good at doing whatever the other way is - it wouldn't work for me.

Andy Grammer

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I don't think of cartoons or comics as being for kids.

Jeff Kinney

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I've been watching so many movies and they all have to do with the DVDs. It's just so much more convenient.

Shiri Appleby

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I have to admit I've never had a Fruit Loop.

Ruth Reichl

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I came to believe the green fuse that drives spring and summer through the world is essentially a literary energy. That the world was more than a place. Life was more than an event. It was all one thing - and that thing was story.

Luis Alberto Urrea

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I love observing people.

Liv Tyler

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I tend to be a person who starts with the presumption that I should trust you until you abuse the privilege, and then our relationship is forever changed. That's a very big line, and chances are it's not going to work if it's crossed. I warn people that this is how I'm going to deal with it.

Penny Pritzker

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Democrats need to stand strong against any efforts to cut benefits to Social Security and Medicare.

Sheldon Whitehouse

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I think that we have to have the ability to decide what we share and what we don't.

Rick Smolan

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I definitely enjoy being in front of people which gives me that exciting immediate rush.

Marilu Henner

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You may confuse a lot of people when going against the grain of conventional thinking, and that's perfectly okay. As an entrepreneur, standing up for your vision to your family and friends might possibly be the best practice you will get for the life that awaits you.

Lewis Howes

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