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Thinking - in particular abstract thinking, which most of us are introduced to through the study of mathematics and literature - helps us learn that we can become problem solvers.

Kathryn Lasky

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Kathryn Lasky
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: June 24
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Indianapolis
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E. L. Swann
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Everything here at St. Aggie's is upside down and inside out. It's our job not to get moon blinked and to stand right side up in an upside down world. If we don't do that we'll never be able to escape. We'll never be able to think. And thinking is the only way we'll be able to plan an escape. -Gylfie
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Glad to eat ya', I mean meet ya' - Digger
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Our lives are just spectacles. We are like dolls, in a sense, to be observed and played with - often with cruel and deceitful intentions - in an unreal world.
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Whether you are a twelve-year-old princess or a twelve-year-old regular kid, you need to know you are loved and respected.
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Words, as you well know, can be powerful. - Digger
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Legends were not only for the desperate. Legends were for the brave. (Soren)
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I think the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the greatest undertaking in American History. I think landing a man on the moon pales next to it.
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The tail of the comet slashed the dawn and in the red light of the rising sun, for a brief instant, it seemed as if the comet was bleeding across the sky.
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Otulissa swelled up to twice her normal size. 'Well, SPRINK ON YOUR SPRONK!
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What are emotions exactly?' Lutta asked. 'Silly feelings that get in the way of actions.
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She told them simply and directly that the meadow was a place of peace and beauty, where indeed if one came to it in a quiet manner, the animals would not be disturbed for there are lovely birds, and squirrels and field mice, and sometimes deer.
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Far away if first black, But it shall be back Over field Over flower In the twilight hour. We are home in our tree. We are owls, we are free. As we go, this we know Glaux is nigh.
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One creature's truth is another's lie. (Scroom of Strix Struma)
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Dreams weigh nothing. - Marie Antoinette
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He didn't know what he wanted. He only knew what he didn't want.
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I believe that reading widely is the best preparation for writing.
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A spark can become a flame, a flame a fire.
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I am ashamed of anyone who has eyes and still can't see.
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Hush little owl, You're with Twi. I got the moves to get you by. Big bad crows. St. Aggie's scamps Ain't got nothin to show the champ. I'll pop a spiral With a twist, Do a three-sixty And scatter mist----
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