"If children read 1 million words in a year, atl least 1,000 words will be added to their vocabulary."

-- Stephen D. Krashen

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“Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason.”
“When the coherence of the parts of a stone, or even that composition of parts which renders it extended; when these familiar objects, I say, are so inexplicable, and contain circumstances so repugnant and contradictory; with what assurance can we decide concerning the origin of worlds, or trace their history from eternity to eternity?”
“Love is a moment of stillness that sometimes a word can shatter to pieces. Or love can be a thing that endures, a rich, deep current flowing unending through the years.”
“As mayor, I'm in the frying pan. I'm just sitting here on the griddle now, and I've got to really think, you know, do I want to stay here on the griddle?”
“A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After years of this prayer, God finally got back to her: I'm not going to take anything away from you, you have to give it to Me.”
“I don't have dinner parties - I eat my dinner in bed.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 2009.
“Almost any decent cook will make food by eye and taste. Virtually all of my family cooked that way.”
“The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying.”

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