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People Quotes by Katherine Paterson
- Sometimes you need to give people something that's for them, not just something that makes you feel good giving it.
- Many people are angry when they make a mistake, but very few people have the sense to be sorry.
- Read for fun, read for information, read in order to understand yourself and other people with quite different ideas. Learn about the world beyond your…
- If we marvel at the artist who has written a great book, we must marvel more at those people whose lives are works of art…
- It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations- something…
- ...I just gave up trying to be a Christian... Let's face it, I ain't got the knack for holiness. Besides, I didn't have the slightest…
- The wonderful thing about books is that they allow us to enter imaginatively into someone else’s life. And when we do that, we learn to…
- When my husband died, people kept telling me not to cry. People kept trying to help me to forget. But I didn't want to forget...…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle