E. L. Konigsburg Quotes

When I was in college at Carnegie Mellon, I wanted to be a chemist. So I became one. I worked in a laboratory and went to graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh. Then I taught science at a private girls' school. I had three children and waited until all three were in school before I started writing.

E. L. Konigsburg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 10, 1930 - April 19, 2013

Topics

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Clothing enables people to self-express, and that's why variety, when it comes to our wardrobe, has become more and more important over time.

Jennifer Hyman

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I always felt, right from a youngster, that it was my destiny to be a success. It sounds a little bit egotistical, but I felt I had a calling to do something.

John Caudwell

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'Coriolanus' has been around for 400 years, and it's going to be around for another 400 years, and nothing I can do is going to mess it up. So, going into it, I felt sort of very free to look at it as a filmmaker does.

John Logan

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I know when an actor goes in to audition, if they don't get the part, it's not because they're a bad actor at all; it's because it's not quite the right fit.

Matthew Gray Gubler

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Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details.

Andy Warhol

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Our ability to compete for the jobs of tomorrow depends, above all, on our capacity to educate children today.

Michael Bennet

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I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy.

Anais Nin

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I love the band Haim. I would love to do something with them.

Tom Odell

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I am most proud of what sfCiti has accomplished with the 'Circle the Schools' program, which engages companies to enter into long-term partnerships with San Francisco public schools, using an adopt-a-school model.

Ron Conway

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Second, we will give our fellow citizens the skills they need for the jobs of today and the careers of tomorrow. When it comes to the school your child will attend, every parent should have a choice, and every child should have a chance.

Mitt Romney

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A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside.

Loretta Young

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I have the most loyal readers in the world.

Judy Blume

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