"The more you read, the better you get, the more better you get, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it."

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Source : Jim Trelease (2013). “The Read-Aloud Handbook: Seventh Edition”, p.27, Penguin

Jim Trelease

#You Like It Quotes

“It is correct that I overlooked the contamination of the party, not just now but also in the past.”
“Everybody in New York is looking for something. Once in a while, somebody finds it.”

Source : Donald E. Westlake (2014). “Dancing Aztecs”, p.12, BASTEI LÜBBE
“Falling for him would be like cliff diving. It would be either the most exhilarating thing that ever happened to me or the stupidest mistake I'd ever make.”
“Whenever you appreciate a certain thing you become conscious of its real quality, and whenever you become conscious of the quality of anything, you begin to develop that quality in yourself. When we appreciate the worth of a person, we tend to impress the idea of that worth in our own minds, and thereby cause the same effect to be produced, in a measure, in ourselves.”
“People tend to vote the present tense - not the subjective.”
“Going nowhere isnâ€™t about turning your back on the world; itâ€™s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.”
“Onyx is angry," Damian says. "Onyx has a right to be angry. You've got to remember, for many elephants, their life is that of a human in a war-torn country. Ravaged homes, killed relatives, separation," Damian says. Here's another thing I've learned over two months--every elephants here has a sad story. Every captive elephant's story is one of loss and separation. Something to remember every time you see happy people getting elephant rides.”
“Those in power at Disney, the very generous figures at Disney Animation, have convinced themselves I'm a good-luck charm for their movies, which is great. It's working out really well for me, and it seems to be a mutually beneficial arrangement.”

Source : "Alan Tudyk on making Moana's chicken noises and his fear of becoming Rogue One's Jar Jar". Interview with Esther Zuckerman, film.avclub.com. December 7, 2016.

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