Books Quote by Adam Anderson Download Open image ““Cinderella first appeared in a book in the 850s in China”” — Adam Anderson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books
It's no accident that Cinderella has been in the culture for thousands of years, and in cross cultures. I've traveled a bit recently, and… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
What I've found about 'Cinderella' is that what it provokes in an audience is really extraordinary. It appears to be a deceptively simple tale,… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
Any consideration of the story we call 'Cinderella' for simplicity's sake must acknowledge that 'Cinderella' has had a dizzying array of personae over hundreds… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
I never read 'The Cinderella Complex' - I'm too afraid that my name might be in it. — Susan Ford Copy Share Image
“Cinderella does not represent contemporary girls. Today’s girls are no ‘damsels-in-distress.’ They figure and solve problems, invent solutions, and herald in the new world… — Tina Sequeira Copy Share Image
I looked at the 1950 animated film [Cinderella], I read a couple of editions of the fairy tale that I have in my house… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
Cinderella is older than she lets on. She's ancient. She's had work done. The Disney film was based on Charles Perreault's French story 'Cendrillon,'… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
Modern responses to Cinderella's predicament are interesting. If you're not careful, you'll think, "Well, she's just a big wimp. She should fight for her… — Chris Weitz Copy Share Image
Across all Cinderella versions it was clear that the 21st century was not very much in evidence, particularly in the character of Cinderella so it seemed, it felt actually as though it hadn't been done for quite some time, not with the kind of lushness that we could do it with, with an absolute removal of the passivity of Cinderella… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share
“I'll tell you a secret about storytelling. Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty... were not perfect in the beginning. It's only a happy ending on… — PEACH-PIT Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t take 24 hours for the earth to turn completely, but 23 hours, 56 minutes, and fourseconds” — Adam Anderson Copy Share Image
“The world’s oldest living tree, the Methuselah, is 4,600 years old” — Adam Anderson Copy Share Image
“Have an ant problem in your home? Spread some cinnamon where they are coming into the house because, for some reason, ants hate cinnamon.” — Adam Anderson Copy Share Image
“Lipstick first become popular because it made women’s lips look like the female’s lower anatomy” — Adam Anderson Copy Share Image
“By braiding floss into a rope in 1994, a prison inmate scaled the wall and escaped” — Adam Anderson Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image