"I think the celebrity author trend reflects, at least in part, the growing influence of marketing departments at publishing companies. The emphasis becomes on the easy sell, as opposed to finding the best quality and writing and illustrating. There are exceptions (I like John Lithgow's stuff, for example), but a lot of it is putrid, and the best of it is often ghostwritten. Save the ink. Save the trees. Save our brain cells."

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Source : "Book World Live: Kid's Books". Online dicuss, www.washingtonpost.com. December 13, 2005.

Jabari Asim

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Cells Quotes

“I've always believed that I could do whatever I set my mind to do.”
“No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.”

Source : Manmohan Singh, Smita Vats Sharma, India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Publications Division (2005). “Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: June 2005 to May 2006”
“Perhaps we would do well to listen to the likes of Rabbi Harold Kushner, who contends that God is not really as powerful as we have claimed.”
“Live a wild, generous full, exciting life â€“ blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.”

Source : Bear Grylls (2012). “To My Sons: Lessons for the Wild Adventure Called Life”, p.6, David C Cook
“In vain our labours are, whatsoe'er they be, unless God gives the Benediction.”
“Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.”
“My running was very simple; it was out of myself.”
“I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career.”

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