"People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books."

-- Beverly Cleary

#Children Quotes #Book Quotes #People Quotes

“Players play, tough players win,”
“Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.”
“I became religious and at 14 went to a boarding school 500 miles from home to begin theological studies. By the time I started university, politics had replaced religion in the economy of my enthusiasms but I had no idea what to study. My boarding school emphasized languages which I was bad at, and deemphasized math and science which I was good at.”
“I think Twitter is best when it sparks conversations elsewhere. To use YouTube and Facebook and all the tools we have available to us today to respond and also promote and answer and engage is awesome.”
“Conformism is so hot on the heels of the mass-produced avant-garde that the 'ins' and the 'outs' change places with the speed of mach 3.”
“There's a thing I think children realise at a certain age, which is that if their parents say, 'Don't do it', and they go ahead and do it, they're still not going to die. And I think that's what it is: that no matter what you do, you're not going to die.”

Source : "Rupert bared". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2002.
“When there are kids involved, there's no such thing as divorce.”
“You can't compare an apple to an orange. It will cause a lot of self esteem issues.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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