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I'm sorry, he said again, and this time he took those words and owned them.
Lauren Myracle
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Lauren Myracle
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 15
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And books are such an empowering way to give voice to some of these kids who aren't yet ready to tell their story. Or don't know what their story is, or are trying to figure it out.
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Every girl on the planet was familiar to one-last-time e-mail checks.
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Is he a sophomore? Lydia says. Please tell me he's in our grade. I don't know, I say. But weren't you there when he came to the office? Peyton says. The secretary didn't get out her bullhorn and announce what grade he's in. She just took him to meet Headmaster Perkins.
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But you have to live in the present. You have to take the old and make it new -- that's my point.
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I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here.
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It's unfair how the kids who are starving for attention tended to be so annoying that people had no inclination to give it to them.
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And they all have pretty chilrden, And the children go to school, And the children to go summer camp, And then to the university, Where they are put in bozes And they come out all the same. - Malvina Reynolds
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Curse false-hand-holding boys!
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Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up who they won't come to.
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There's something strange about this big pink bunny.
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Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although those are good things too.
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Christmas is never over,unless you want it to be... Christmas is a state of mind.
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Knowledge was more powerful than fear. Love was stronger than hate.
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I was just teasing, I say. I myself don't like to eat plain butter, but hey, it's a free world.
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Even so, I was proud of myself for taking action at all. I didn't hide or run away or pretend the ugliness didn't happen. I stood up and said something that was true. I said it out loud, and by doing so, I was standing up for lots of people, not just me.
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We all mess up. It's what we learn from our mistakes that matters.
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You shоuld eat а waffle! Yоu саn't bе sad іf уоu eat а waffle!
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I did a lot of research on a couple different things. One was, how do people handle hating themselves and hating others? And hatred is a secondary emotion, I think it always springs from something else ... usually fear, that's probably what it is. So I looked a lot at that.
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Some people do want to stand on the rooftop and scream out their story. Others are cowering in the corner, or sitting with a blank face in class, and not knowing how to tell their story.
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One: Don't play leapfrog with elephants. Two: Don't pet a tiger unless his tail is wagging. Three: Never, ever, mess with the Ladies Auxiliary. -Mayberry Rules for a Long, Happy Life
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