Children's authors don't talk down or patronise their younger readers.
John Boyne
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JOHN WOODEN Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id.
JOHN BURDETT I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable.
JOHN LYDON You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one...
JOHN WOODEN I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.
JOHN ENSIGN