"A comedy isn't about being funny," said Mrs. Baker. "We talked about this before." "A comedy is about character who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all. That's how I know." "Suppose you can't see it?" "That's the daring part," said Mrs. Baker."

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Source : Gary D. Schmidt (2009). “The Wednesday Wars”, p.262, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Gary D. Schmidt

#Character Quotes #Bakers Quotes #May Quotes

“When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.”
“You are being suffocated by tradition... Why don't you say, 'I am going to build a life for myself, for my time, and make it a work of art'? Your life isn't a work of art ---it's a thirdhand Victorian whatnot shelf, complete with someone else's collection of seashells and hand-carved elephants.”
“Photography, of course, is the perfect medium for the investigation. It can reveal the truth of present day specifics and particularities, while at the same time, by conscious choice of lighting and pictorial structure, suggest the aesthetic legacy of the past.”
“Time is a vindictive bandit to steal the beauty of our former selves. We are left with sagging, rippled flesh and burning gums with empty sockets.”
“I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt and tie! Similarly, I believe that to keep movie theaters in existence, they're gonna have to make 'em an event, have a couch, a table and drinks or something. Otherwise, there's no reason to get out of your bed!”
“We need a revolution instead of a technology evolution.”
“I'm so happy. I'm one of the happiest people I know. I truly am.”

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“Moving to the forefront of advanced nations is not a choice but a national duty. This requires, among other things, erecting the best industrial property protection systems despite all challenges, particularly in the transition phase that we must endure.”

Source : Speech at the National Seminar on Industrial Property and Technology Transfer in Arab States, Amman, Jordan, November 28, 1999.

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