We put authors on such a pedestal, and it's a moment that humanizes the whole thing, and lends … - Mac Barnett

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Oh well. . . I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet.

Mac Barnett

We put authors on such a pedestal, and it's a moment that humanizes the whole thing, and lends an absurdity to what otherwise is a "please sit with your hands on your lap" kind of event.

Events, Hands, Lap, Pedestal, Sit

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Too often we tell kids pleasant stories devoid of truth, and stories without truth are not good stories. Our audience deserves more from us.

Deserve More, Devoid, Kids, Stories

Pranking exposes the truth that underneath this appearance of order is joy, laughter, and disorder.

Joy, Laughter, Order, Truth

It's a sort of patronizing idea that literature for children has to feature role models of exemplary behavior. I think not only is that bogus, but it leads to really boring books.

Book, Children, Patronizing, Role, Thinking

Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth.

Danger, Food, Sleuth, Snack, Snacks, True

Every Librarian is a highly trained agent. An expert in intelligence, counterintelligence, Boolean searching, and hand-to-hand combat.

Agents, Combat, Counterintelligence, Experts, Hands, Highly

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Alber Elbaz

Fashion is not about buying a second skin. Fashion is about having a fantasy.

Buying, Fantasy, Fashion, Having, Skin, Skins

Jason Blum

The model we established was to give creative people complete creative freedom in exchange for betting on themselves, so they work for the minimums you're allowed to work for, and if the movies work in a big way, everyone does very well. If the movies don't, nobody loses too much money. The benefit to doing all the movies low budget is we can tell different types of stories and take creative risks. The Purge would have been irresponsible to do for $20M, but to do it for $3M makes sense.

Creative, Giving, Loses, People, Take, Way

Andrew Jackson

It is a well-settled principle of the international code that where one nation owes another a liquidated debt which it refuses or neglects to pay the aggrieved party may seize on the property belonging to the other, its citizens or subjects, sufficient to pay the debt without giving just cause of war.

Belonging, Cause, Giving, Liquidated, Party, War

Nelson Shanks

Dramatic use of color, harmonious design, the interplay of light and shadow across a variety of textures, the portrayal of the figure and other subject matter that reflects the sophistication and beauty I find in nature - all presented from a unique point of view - can only be successfully achieved with a sound command of the painter's craft. . . history will determine how successful I have been.

Across, Light, Nature, Shadow, Successful, Unique

J. K. Rowling