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Nancy Garden Quotes

I think kids in every minority need to see people like themselves in books; that's an acknowledgment of their existence on this planet and in this society.

Nancy Garden

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: May 15, 1938 - June 23, 2014

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People Society Think Need See Kids

My great-grandfather and his two brothers fought at Gettysburg. They were in artillery, and they survived the war, thank goodness. So I revere what they did. I think their motivations were honorable when they undertook the war and participated in it along with other Southerners.

Jimmy Carter

War Think Goodness Two Gettysburg

It might be expensive to make music lessons available. But it's even more costly to deal with human beings who have half their intellect and spirit left undeveloped.

Andris Nelsons

Music Spirit More Human Expensive

Depression taught me the importance of compassion and hard work, and that you can overcome enormous obstacles.

Rob Delaney

Work Hard Work Depression Compassion

I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I like stories where there's closure at the end. And I like stories where there's hope. That's a kind of empowerment. I think romance novels are very empowering, and I think suspense novels are, too.

Lisa Gardner

Hope Strong Think End Empowerment

I haven't turned into some rich monster. I've kept my perspective. But I am a bit spoiled. It's hard not to be a little spoiled by having a lot of money.

Christine McVie

Money Perspective I Am Rich Hard

I went to USC. I wasn't a rich kid or anything like that, so I had to get a scholarship. Went to USC; my first year, I took 26 units, so I got to have a nickname. Everyone goes, 'There's 26.' So I had a nickname. Having a nickname is a good thing because then you start to get popular, and you keep that going.

Brian Grazer

Good Start Rich Year You Kid

Catchy lyrics are being given more importance.

Armaan Malik

More Being Lyrics Importance Given

I've been devoted to Alison Krauss for many, many years.

Ashley Judd

Years Devoted Been Many Alison

My mother has never been involved in my professional life. I am very close to my mother but we keep it on a mother-daughter basis and not a work-related basis.

Sheena Easton

Life Mother I Am Professional Never

The main impetus for being a writer is thinking, 'I could invent another world. I'm not terribly keen on this one.'

Mark Haddon

World Thinking Being Writer Main

I will be driving on the road after a show at night, and it will hit me that I am a WWE superstar, and this is what I dreamed about, and I get to live it.

Kevin Owens

Live I Am Me Night Road Driving

We must move aggressively in Asia-Pacific because our competitors like China are moving very swiftly to tie down a regional trade agreement that leaves... our farmers and our workers and our businesses out.

Kevin Brady

Moving Down Farmers Out Tie China