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Nancy Willard Quotes

Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: June 26, 1936

Topics

Child Silent Question Answers Absurd

My tongue is what I used instead of my fists because I was a small and cowardly young man. Amusing people with stories and being bizarre with words was my way of getting out of fixes.

Words Man People Small Tongue Young

Reading is becoming a kind of specialist activity, and that strikes terror into the heart of people who love reading.

Love Heart People Reading Kind Who

Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too much about how much money is involved rather than what kind of ideas are involved.

Money Politics Ideas Too Much Kind

I think there are two challenges - and one challenge is how to diversify the workforce in the technology industry, and the other challenge is how to diversify the people who are starting companies.

Technology Challenge People Think

Sometimes you have to ask the question as if it's going to be your last question - as if it's going to be the last time you talk to that person.

Time You Person Sometimes Talk Ask

When I was a kid on the playground, fights were about who got to play Han Solo. He's just one of the best characters ever created.

Christopher Miller

Best Play Playground Kid Solo Just

The main factor in any form of creativeness is the life of a human spirit, that of the actor and his part, their joint feelings and subconscious creation.

Constantin Stanislavski

Life Feelings Creation Actor Spirit

I remember when the Atkins diet arrived; I lost 16 lb in the first month, but when I stopped, it all went back on again.

Diet Remember Back Lost First Month

Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.

Failure Mistake Early Country Error

I keep lists of names of people that I have met, a list of things to do day by day as well as a log of how my time is consumed throughout the day. It's a very important part of my personal discipline.

Time Discipline Day People Personal

I think a fight with David Haye, even if he is not American, is going to give positive vibes about the heavyweight division for the American fans and fans worldwide.

Wladimir Klitschko

Positive Fight Think American Vibes

Most of the time, I see what I see, I search my feelings, and then I make my decisions based on my gut - and I don't always make the right ones.

Pharrell Williams

Time Search Decisions Feelings See

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