"Oh Esperanza!' said Isabel, jumping up and down and clapping.'I think my heart is dancing."

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Source : Pam Muñoz Ryan (2012). “Esperanza Rising”, p.157, Scholastic Inc.

Pam MuÃ±oz Ryan

#Heart Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Jumping Quotes

“Fortunately for me, I was able to see the newspaper and saw that they were hiring in a new program called the Cedar Program, and I recall going to one of my Olympic buddies and saying, "Hey, man, this might be a shot in the arm for us. Let's go down and apply for these Cedar jobs."I took a job as a gardener caretaker.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Let us cleave... to those who cultivate peace with godliness, and not to those who hypocritically profess to desire it. For the Scripture says in a certain place (Mk. 7:6), 'This people honors Me with their lips, but their hearts is far from Me.'”
“I have to eat in a way that's good for me.”

Source : "A Conversation with Pearl Jam Guitarist Mike McCready". Interview with Rick Turner, www.everydayhealth.com. June 25, 2004.
“We must have research for peace ... It would embrace the outstanding problems of morality. The time has come for man's intellect, his scientific method, to win over the immoral brutality and irrationality of war and militarism ... Now we are forced to eliminate from the world forever this vestige of prehistoric barbarism, this curse to the human race.”
“In the end, all critics should be guided by this one principle: Is this piece of work [TV show, movie, play, concert, album, restaurant] succeeding at what it set out to do?”

Source : "What to Watch: TV chat with Hank Stuever". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. January 28, 2016.
“The only way to learn to write is to force yourself to produce a certain number of words on a regular basis.”
“When I was a kid, I would watch the grands prix. Everyone dreamt of becoming a race driver, while I only started thinking about it when I was 18 or 19. Only at that age did I seriously start thinking about this job. Before then, I would change ideas from one second to the next.”
“I think I was raised by a really good mother.”

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