"I can think of few better ways to introduce a child to books than to let her stack them, upend them, rearrange them, and get her fingerprints all over them."

-- Anne Fadiman

#Children Quotes #Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Every time we are faced with a choice, and we are faced with them every minute of every day, we make a decision to follow its course into the future. But what of the abandoned options? Are they like unopened doors? Do alternative futures lie beyond them? How far would we wander from the course we have steered were we to go back and, just once, open Door A instead of Door B?”
“Always follow your dreams, don't let anyone tell you that you can't be something.”
“The Age of Reason has turned out to be the Age of Structure; a time when, in the absence of purpose, the drive for power as a value in itself has become the principal indicator of social approval. And the winning of power has become the measure of social merit.”
“Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it's probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.”
“Itâ€™s the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth.”
“They held up 'The Outlaw' for five years. And Howard Hughes had me doing publicity for it every day, five days a week for five years.”
“Well, first I'd want a better vibrato.”
“I lead a very active lifestyle. When I am not working, I enjoy snowboarding in winter. I golf and swim in the summer months. However, trying to find the time to exercise when I am traveling is quite a challenge. I find myself working out at hotel gyms quite regularly - just so that I can keep up with my training.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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