Being true Quote by Judy Blume Download Open image “"Margaret" was just my truth. It was what I knew to be true about sixth grade.” — Judy Blume ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being true Grades Knew True My truth Sixth Sixth grade True Sixth Truth Truth Knew
I didn't know I was really a writer until I read it in the New York Times. And then I thought, "Oh my god,… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
But when I realized it was actually going to be this portrait of the artist, birth to death, I had to then discover who… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
Growing up, the image I had of Princess Margaret was completely different. I knew that she was a slightly tragic figure, but I didn't… — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
That's exactly how I felt. So getting to suddenly know this young [princess] Margaret, who had this extraordinary life - it was sad and… — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
“Margaret grasped on to the magic of novels because they held out hope that Mary—and she herself—might yet have a chance at marriage. While… — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
“Margaret is the first person who understands that my dull universe is the place where self-loathing blends with sitcoms and dullness like vaseline coats… — Molly Jong-Fast Copy Share Image
“At thirty-six, Margaret believed her “mind and character” were already “too much formed” through “a liberal communion with the woful struggling crowd of fellow… — Megan Marshall Copy Share Image
“Margaret described an oppressive awareness that “I have no real hold on life,—no real, permanent connection with any soul.” She felt disembodied, like “a… — Megan Marshall Copy Share Image
Well, she's so alive, Julia Child. And Margaret is so - is so designed. She's so intent upon making her point. That's the most… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Back then, when I had that original idea to write about the seventeenth century, the whole thing was set in 1666. I was thinking… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
Some of the biographies [of princess Margaret] were really sensationalist, News of the World sorts, but they were great because they also gave first… — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
"Summer Sisters" is probably my least autobiographical book. The whole idea started with rowing down the pond. And I heard an explosion. I don't… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
I have to go with what comes naturally to me. Fantasy isn't my thing. I did enjoy the Oz books when I was growing… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“Censors don’t want children exposed to ideas different from their own. If every individual with an agenda had his/her way, the shelves in the… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
My husband says I have too much imagination, but I don't think a writer can have too much imagination! — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me. — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“Precious Child... nothing matters but the moment. There might be no tomorrow and even if there is, nobody gives a damn.” — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid. — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Heavy petting, that was fun! That was good. And frankly, you know I wish kids would go back to it. It's very satisfying. And… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“So many adults are exhausting themselves worrying about other people corrupting their children with books, they're turning kids off to reading instead of turning… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Life as we know it is fundamentally unsatisfying. I think most folks feel this to be true. They know that a life of aimless… — Michael Yates Copy Share Image
Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be true, your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass. Believe in good fortune, divine… — Joseph Murphy Copy Share Image
Some article called me the most feared man in Silicon Valley. Good Lord! Why? My teenage boys got a kick out of it: 'Dad,… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Intuitionists think that there are cases in which, say, some identity statement between real numbers is neither true nor false, even though we know… — Richard F. Heck Copy Share Image
Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA doesn't mean… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
There is no normal. I've never met a normal person. The concept is flawed. It implies that there is only one way people are… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
I learned a tremendous amount about what was important to me as a head coach in that I was not in charge. I didn't… — Pete Carroll Copy Share Image
I have spent most of my life unlearning things that were proved not to be true — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
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