"The main thing to do is pay attention.……" — Jeanne DuPrau
"The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything, notice what no one else notices. Then you'll know what no one else knows, and that's always useful."
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31 Quotes by Jeanne DuPrau
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What could be more interesting than thinking of mysterious happenings, finding the answers to intriguing questions, and making up new…
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Remember the city, the city remember Where treasure is hidden under the ground The city, the city, always remember That's…
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A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening...
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There is so much darkness in Ember, Lina. It's not just outside, it's inside us, too. Everyone has some darkness…
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The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger…
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It’s for my God, the god of dogs, and snakes and dust mites and albino bears and Siamese twins, the…
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Mrs. Murdo, walkind even more briskly to keep her spirits up, was crossing Harken Square when something fell to the…
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It wasn't because they had extraordinary powers, really, but because of how well they used the ordinary powers everyone had:…
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She realized all at once that Doon, thin, dark eyed Doon, with his troublesome temper and his terrible brown jacket,…
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Now Doon seemed to care for his new friends more than he did for her. Every time she thought about…
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Doon was touched. Kenny looked like a tiny little wisp, but there was something strong inside him. --People of Sparks--
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When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to.…
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More Always Useful Quotes
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To overcome negative emotions, consulting intuition is always useful. How can it guide you. During nervous periods, it offers a…
— Judith Orloff
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It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't.
— A A Milne
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Skibbereen have a hard time at [math]; the best that the smartest of them can do with adding two plus…
— Gregory Maguire
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When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits?
— Richard Mitchell
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In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it…
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit... No one likes to…
— James W. Loewen
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Laws are always useful to those who possess and vexatious to those who have nothing.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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It is always useful, you see, to subject the past life of reform politicians to rather inquisitive research.
— Isaac Asimov
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It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country," he read. "This means…
— Terry Pratchett
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The truth is not always useful, not always good. It’s like putting your faith in water. Yes, we need the…
— Iain Banks
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Change itself is neither good nor bad, but knowledge is always useful.
— Christopher Paolini
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