"I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and I want to be ready"

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Richard Peck

#Towns Quotes #Want Quotes #These Days Quotes

“My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.”
“The goal is not writing. The goal is being a human being writing.”
“I don't remember the first stunt I ever did.”
“I'll bring a flower out there and then give them a peace sign and hopefully they'll make it happen.”
“O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.”
“I'm interested in the landscape of the face, the way in which light and shadow fall across the forms. That's really my subject matter.”

Source : "Kate portrait: First painting gets mixed reviews". www.bbc.com. January 11, 2013.
“We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people.. and we should look at the environment as an economic opportunity.”
“When it comes to energy, cost isn't everything - but it's a lot. Everybody wants cheap power.”

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