"Why did I keep hitching myself to dreams as big as that Montana sky? I was like Rooster Jim's chickens, with no way to fly that high."

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Source : Kirby Larson (2013). “Hattie Ever After”, p.156, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Kirby Larson

#Dream Quotes #Sky Quotes #Roosters Quotes

“Public education grants secular worldviews an exclusive monopoly in the classroom.”
“The use of [the atomic bombs] at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons... The lethal possibilities of atomic warfare in the future are frightening. My own feeling was that in being the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught to make war in that fashion, and wars cannot be won by destroying women and children.”
“I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.”

Source : "Joyce Has Stayed True to Herself". www.bravotv.com. November 4, 2013.
“I always wanted to be a writer but everyone kept telling me it was impossible to break into the field or make money. I've proven them wrong on both counts.”
“I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.”
“An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.”

Source : Quoted by Christopher Brasher in the Observer,12 Sep 1982.
“There is a need in every generation to study the past, to absorb its spirit, to preserve its messages...it's a collaboration of ourselves and our ancestors, the result is a deeper understanding for individuals and in consequence, a broader culture for the nation.”
“Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved in the broth.”

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