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James Patterson Kids say the No. 1 reason they don't read more is that they can't find books they like. Freedom of choice is a key to getting them motivated and excited.
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Spike Jonze Kids are so fiercely opinionated, that if they love the Harry Potter books and they go see the movie, they'll be the first to say, 'That was wrong! They didn't get that right!' They're storytellers themselves. They're critics. They're going to have the critical opinion.
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Marshal Cohen Kids are not interested in taking their summer vacation to start thinking about back-to-school wardrobes, supplies and book bags.
book game golf good itself justifies painting personal photograph picture playing taking wrote
William Rehnquist I wrote this book for a sense of personal satisfaction. Just like taking a good photograph or painting a picture or playing a good golf game or something, it's the thing in itself that justifies it.
bookstore crime love people shelves solving
Jan Nash Just look at the shelves of any bookstore in any airport, and you see how much people love crime and mysteries, how much they love solving puzzles.
book cannot minutes ought
Lord Byron I take the view, and always have, that if you cannot say what you are going to say in 20 minutes you ought to go away and write a book about it.
book jamie someday wrote
Steve Malchow I actually wrote it down when Jamie said that. I'm going to use it in my book someday ? if I ever write a book.
book entire hang kept rules
Bob Feller He kept harping about 'What rules don't they know?' And I said, 'The entire rule book is something that they just don't know, that they should know.' He got a little testy about it and he said, 'If you don't like it, hang up' -- which I did.
children finds himself useless
Jason Statham I was like, 'Well, we'd think he'd be useless around kids,' ... But I think he finds himself more comfortable around children than he realizes.
children coming few helping kids program reading shelter
Kerry Nelson Kids at the children's shelter are coming out there and getting a lot of one-on-one because there are so few children out there. The reading program out there is really helping these kids a lot.
children city stop streets teach throwing
Britt Ekland I would teach U.K. parents how to stop their children throwing litter. London is a beautiful city but its streets are disgusting.
children compared cost couple elderly family financial four good home keeping minimal replace stay town
John Romano Keeping an elderly couple in their home for another 10 to 15 years makes good financial sense. If they stay in their home, their cost to the town is minimal compared to the family with four children that would replace them.
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Julian Fellowes He wants to hear their opinions. As an actor, it was what I always craved. You really want as an actor to be treated as one of the grown-ups. Half the time, you are treated as a demented child who has wandered onto the set.
child experience honestly inspired life respectful song
Ciara Having a child with someone, you're always going to be respectful of that. But the song 'I Bet' was honestly inspired by my life experiences - I can't just say it's from one experience.
children school thinks
Tony Buzan All children are much more intelligent than they are told they are or the school thinks they are; they just have different intelligences.
children discovered information passing people
Sugata Mitra It would be better, in a way, if any adults present were completely uneducated. There is nothing children like more than passing on information they have just discovered to people who may not already have it - an elderly grandmother, for instance.
children coming comparison content kids learning memorize results rote test whatever whether
Sugata Mitra In most schools, we measure children on what they know. By and large, they have to memorize the content of whatever test is coming up. Because measuring the results of rote learning is easy, rote prevails. What kids know is just not important in comparison with whether they can think.
children finds himself useless
Jason Statham I was like, 'Well, we'd think he'd be useless around kids,' ... But I think he finds himself more comfortable around children than he realizes.
children coming few helping kids program reading shelter
Kerry Nelson Kids at the children's shelter are coming out there and getting a lot of one-on-one because there are so few children out there. The reading program out there is really helping these kids a lot.
children city stop streets teach throwing
Britt Ekland I would teach U.K. parents how to stop their children throwing litter. London is a beautiful city but its streets are disgusting.
children compared cost couple elderly family financial four good home keeping minimal replace stay town
John Romano Keeping an elderly couple in their home for another 10 to 15 years makes good financial sense. If they stay in their home, their cost to the town is minimal compared to the family with four children that would replace them.
children school thinks
Tony Buzan All children are much more intelligent than they are told they are or the school thinks they are; they just have different intelligences.
children discovered information passing people
Sugata Mitra It would be better, in a way, if any adults present were completely uneducated. There is nothing children like more than passing on information they have just discovered to people who may not already have it - an elderly grandmother, for instance.
children coming comparison content kids learning memorize results rote test whatever whether
Sugata Mitra In most schools, we measure children on what they know. By and large, they have to memorize the content of whatever test is coming up. Because measuring the results of rote learning is easy, rote prevails. What kids know is just not important in comparison with whether they can think.
children inclined less standing
Sugata Mitra If children know there is someone standing over them who knows all the answers, they are less inclined to find the answers for themselves.
children few reach remote supplies villages
Ann Veneman There are still too few helicopters to reach more than 1,000 remote villages with lifesaving supplies that children urgently need.
kids mention
Kelly Shackelford Kids are being told they can't mention God.
kids line offered people players school walking
Lionel Anderson Kids walking to school are getting offered rides, players are getting let in line at the cafeteria, people are doing little things to show support. It's really great.
kids people today
Linda Jones Kids today need to know that people think they're special. Each day and each thing that they do is so precious.
kids
R. L. Stine Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that.
kids meaningful parent school talking
Barbara Ward Just to know what the kids were talking about in school was more meaningful than anything I could write in a parent newsletter,
kids south tall
Mike Pardon I actually thought our kids battled well. South just has so many weapons. They?d go on spurts here and spurts there. They?re so tall and so skilled. It was too much for us.
kids
Shelton Quarles He couldn't be home, that's why he always had his kids around.
kids
City High He didn't have to run. A lot of kids wouldn't have,
kids love plays
Steve Collins He just plays the game. You've got to love kids like that.
likes
Severin Bozung I like a girl-do you think she likes me?
likes ifs
Mickey Spillane If the public likes you, you're good.
likes earth common
Mickey Spillane If the public likes you, you're good. Shakespeare was a common, down-to-earth writer in his day.
likes chicago sleeves
Lupe Fiasco For me, I never wore my religion on my sleeve, you know what I'm saying? I never put myself out there as Lupe Fiasco, he's Muslim, he's from Chicago, he likes to ride a skateboard.
likes too-much plans
Emily Blunt I'm not someone who likes to plan too much ahead.
likes secret song team
Carlos Silva It's our secret weapon. Our team likes the song a lot. We made it just for the team.
likes
Miranda Hart I am essentially a middle-aged woman who likes making up weird snack combinations and galloping.
likes hollywood boast
Mike Royko Hollywood likes to boast that it can elevate the national conscience.
likes vices caught
Marya Mannes Everybody likes to see somebody else get caught for the vices practiced by themselves.
mother treat
Susan Wyderko We treat callers as if they were our own mother or a relative.
mother power talking taught
Linda Lavin He taught me how to sing, how to belt, what my mother was talking about all those years. I had no idea I had that power in my voice.
mother believe men
Richard K. Morgan When a man you know to be of sound mind tells you his recently deceased mother has just tried to climb in his bedroom window and eat him, you only have two basic options. You can smell his breath, take his pulse and check his pupils to see if he's ingested anything nasty, or you can believe him.
mother believe thinking
Richelle Mead Dimitri: "I also have a feeling your mother's going to have one ugly conversation with me." Rose: "You're about to go face down Strigoi, and my mother's the one you're scared of?" Dimitri: "She's a force to be reckoned with. Where do you think you got it from?" Rose: "It's a wonder you bother with me then." Dimitri: "You're worth it, believe me.
mother feet hair
Ryan Kwanten My mum is about five foot with her hair done. Without it she's about four foot 10.
mother father parent
Roz Chast My parents were extremely reluctant. When my father was clearly dying, my mother refused to acknowledge it.
mother kids singing
Ruben Blades I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang.
mother dad people
Ruben Studdard My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.
mother daughter son
Rose Kennedy What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?
slower
Rosie Jones I'm going to go out slower than I anticipated.
slower summer
Eric Turner Summer is the slower part of the year, so we have (fewer) openings.
visual water
Louis Cataldie Being in the water that long makes visual identification essentially an impossibility,
visuals persons observers
Annie Lennox I have always been a very visual person and a keen observer.