"A book is something that young readers can experience on their own time. They decide when to turn the page. They'll put their arm right on the page so you can't turn it because they're not ready to go to the next page yet. They just want to look at it again, or they want to read the book over and over because they really enjoy setting the pace themselves."

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Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net

Jan Brett

#Book Quotes #Looks Quotes #Pace Quotes

“Organized Christianity has probably done more to ***** the ideals that were its founder's than any other agency in the world.”

Source : Richard Le Gallienne (1895). “The Religion of a Literary Man: (Religio Scriptoris)”
“Humor can make a serious difference. In the workplace, at home, in all areas of life - looking for a reason to laugh is necessary. A sense of humor helps us to get through the dull times, cope with the difficult times, enjoy the good times and manage the scary times.”
“Most of my friends aren't actors - and not one of them is overly impressed with what I do.”
“I consider myself a spiritual atheist. I certainly believe there are forces bigger than ourselves, and that we should be searching, individually, for meaning in our lives. But I don't believe there's a supreme being, an intelligence that created everything.”

Source : "Reviewing Mr g: Physicist-turned-novelist Alan Lightman meets God at the intersection of science and religion". Interview With Greg Quill, www.thestar.com. February 12, 2012.
“It really is the most poetic thing i know about physics: you are all stardust.”
“I stumbled on a joke idea and style that worked, the audience went with it and, from that moment on, I was hooked. It's an amazing feeling.”

Source : "60 SECONDS: Marcus Brigstocke". Interview with Paul Kevan, metro.co.uk. June 27, 2007.
“Three features mark the Anglo-American system as different from all others. One is the extent to which our law is formed in litigation. Another feature is the way we conduct these cases: we pit antagonists against each other, to cast up from their struggles the material of decisions. A third- and largest in the public consciousness- is the trial by jury.”

Source : Charles Rembar (2015). “The Law of the Land: The Evolution of Our Legal System”, p.91, Open Road Media
“As a driver you enjoy winning races and, if you win in the easiest way possible, fine, but in reality we all remember the fights to the end, the nip-and-tuck stuff.”

Source : "Allan McNish looks forward to hard fight for 2013 endurance title" by Giles Richards, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 2012.

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