Natalie Babbitt Quotes

The first two books that I did by myself were long stories in verse. I knew I could do that because I'd written a lot in verse. But, verse stories are hard to sell, so my editor encouraged me to try writing in prose.

Natalie Babbitt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 28, 1932 - October 31, 2016

Topics

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I realize more and more I miss my 'Survivor' friends when I'm not around them.

Jenna Morasca

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I purge compulsively. I'm constantly shedding things.

Andrew Sullivan

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I was 16 when I entered the foster system, and know firsthand the statistics for 'aging out.'

Angela Featherstone

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Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

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America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What it lacks is the heart, the humanity, the Christian love that it would take.

Shirley Chisholm

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Today, the world is so awash in sugar - it is such a staple of the modern diet, associated with all that is cheap and unhealthy - that it's hard to believe things were once exactly the opposite. The West Indies were colonized in a world where sugar was seen as a scarce, luxurious, and profoundly health-giving substance.

Tom Reiss

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Make God first priority. He's worth it!

Monica Johnson

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Tiangong 1, our home in space, was comfortable and pleasant.

Liu Yang

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I've always wanted to learn kick boxing.

Dick Van Dyke

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I don't like to criticise referees, because I believe it is a very complicated job.

David Villa

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It makes good sense for planners everywhere to provide more facilities in general that are aimed at older folks.

Chuck Norris

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If you can make an audience laugh, you can make them love any character.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

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