#any

I am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them. ↗

— Judy Blume

#any #be thankful #big #book #books

I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head. ↗

— Judy Blume

#anything #become #could #even #grow

I'm less needy about needing to express myself through acting. I have many different lives outside of this that are extremely fulfilling. ↗

— Richard Gere

#acting #different #express #extremely #fulfilling

I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I did every morning. ↗

— Judy Blume

#anything #back #box #cereal #child

It's all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but it's that determination. ↗

— Judy Blume

#anything #determination #i #i think #lot

When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship. ↗

— Judy Blume

#book #censorship #challenges #decade #i

I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#does #finding #genius #hates #i

I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#concern #either #evil #gods #good

Mr. Speaker, in the years since we enacted our attack against Iraq, the threat from Iran has only grown more difficult, and our capacity to meet that threat actually has diminished. It is one of the reasons many of us opposed that action against Iraq. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#actually #against #attack #capacity #difficult

Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations. These are elements that are developed as a result of local community pressure to balance interests. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#balance #community #country #developed #elements