"An award does not change the quality of a book."

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Source : Caldecott Medal acceptance speech for The Polar Express, polarexpress.com. 1986.

Chris Van Allsburg

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“Did the record [Danger] do well? I believe it did what it should have. It showed the hip hop community that Tony Sunshine is doing well and looking great.”
“Women are interesting, but that isn't the problem, it is that I like being alone, and I'm also touring so much that it's hard to get a relationship to work.”
“A lot of my inspiration comes from the movies and TV, watching other people doing things that I one day hope to have the opportunity to do. The other sides would be my friends and family, people who have supported me and always been there for me. I want to do a good job for them and show them they were right for believing in me.”
“What a child does not know and does not want to know of race and colour and class, he learns soon enough as he grows to see each man flipped inexorably into some predestined groove like a penny or a sovereign in a banker's rack. Kibii, the Nandi boy, was my good friend. Arab Ruta (the same boy grown to manhood), wo sits before me, is my good friend, but the handclasp will be shorter, the smile will not be so eager on his lips, and though the path is for a while the same, he will walk behind me now, when once, in the simplicity of our nonage, we walked together.”
“Being out of work for 13 to 15 years is no walk in the park.”
“I had a bowl cut for years, and glasses. When Harry Potter became famous, I looked just like him.”
“Youâ€™re a song, a wished-for song.”
“America allows us to be able to dream, then gives us the ability to achieve those dreams.”

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