Jack Zipes Quotes

I have a daughter, Hanna, and I never read fairy tales to her. But I did tell her bedtime tales and made up many tales involving 'Gory the Goblin' and other creatures that I borrowed from the Grimms' tales and other tales I knew.

Jack Zipes

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DaughterNeverFairyTellUpHer

I want the violence among young people in this country to stop - particularly gang violence.

Jim Brown

PeopleViolenceCountryStopYoung

To regard the soul and body as one, or to ascribe to consciousness a physiological origin, is not detracting from its divinity; it is rather conferring divinity upon the body.

John Burroughs

SoulBodyConsciousnessOrigin

I'm on the list that I thought I'd never be on. I'm not sitting here thinking, 'God, I might get this part' or 'is it too late for me to play Hamlet?' It's really about: who do I get to work with? There's so many people on that list.

Joel Edgerton

WorkGodPeopleMeThinkingThought

People see footballers as different beings, as if we're untouchable, as if nothing ever happens to us, but we're people. Of course we're privileged, but in the tangibles, we're the same.

Andres Iniesta

PeopleNothingSameSeeUsHappens

I've been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by way of clarification is ever going to eradicate the mistakes.

Ann Beattie

BusinessTimeMistakesThinkLong

Usually a family is led through the mom or the dad and their career and for the family to be led by my career, even though God has led it, could be a lot of pressure.

Stacie Orrico

FamilyGodMomPressureCareerEven

I do say all I've ever written about is being alone. And most people take that as, 'Oh, that's so sad.' And I always say, 'No. No, all I ever write about is being alone, and sometimes that's a beautiful, beautiful thing.'

Shonda Rhimes

SadAloneBeautifulBeing AloneSay

If I somehow felt like having a site which strictly validates was an indication of my manhood, maybe I'd do it, but it really means very little to me. We're mavericks over here, what can we say?

Mike Davidson

MeSayOverLittleHereManhood

From Vietnam's 'Deer Hunter' to Iraq, films are never about the person who has had his house destroyed.

Mira Nair

HousePersonDeerNeverVietnamWho

When in doubt, I always go vintage! Get a ruffled dress and throw a t-shirt over it.

Corin Tucker

DressVintageDoubtGoWhen In Doubt

Contractions, 'U' for 'you' and the like are wonderful to make communication brief and efficient - but we wouldn't want all our talk to be only brief and efficient. Taking pauses out of language would be like taking the net away from a tennis game. Where would all the fun go?

Pico Iyer

CommunicationFunGameLanguageYou

I don't sing in the shower.

Peggy Whitson

ShowerSing

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