Gail Carson Levine Quotes

If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.

Gail Carson Levine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 17, 1947

Topics

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Like the tail fins on fifties American cars or the parabolic shapes of Populuxe furniture, 'West Side Story' incarnates the dream of momentum in the golden age of the twentieth century.

John Lahr

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The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.

Robert Smith Surtees

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What chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president?

Michael Bloomberg

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I put a lot of pressure on myself, but I also have what I call an X-factor.

Amy Weber

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I would say that the fundamental question of geography is about how humans shaped the Earth's surface and how we, in turn, are shaped by the ways in which we have shaped the Earth's surface. So, for me, geography was just a set of tools that allowed me to ask these kinds of questions and to try to think through them.

Trevor Paglen

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It's not like a corporate job where the more you accumulate on your resume and the more hours you put in, the higher up you get; it's simply not the case. That being said, if I had known that and known what kind of career I'd get into, I still would have pursued it.

Jason Marsden

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I believe that truth is one of the most powerful tools we possess against victimization, exploitation, and fear.

Janet Varney

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I wanted to start with a very small role, to get my feet wet. I'm sure I'm not as good or as experienced as other actresses, but everybody has to start somewhere.

Claudia Schiffer

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I might be popular, but that is not sufficient in a parliamentary democracy set-up. One has to assess every chief minister, his success and rating in terms of how far he has succeeded in developing his colleagues.

Sharad Pawar

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I don't have that 'OMG, I gotta get married' thing! If it happens, it happens, but it's never been like, 'Oooo, I need to do that!'

Tyra Banks

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While we spend our life asking questions about the nature of cancer and ways to prevent or cure it, society merrily produces oncogenic substances and permeates the environment with them.

Renato Dulbecco

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The daughters of God don't brake for jerks.

Marianne Williamson

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