Charles J. Shields
Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON HENRY JAMES I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS RICK RIORDAN C. JOYBELL C. STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY CRAIG FERGUSON KATE MIDDLETON KATE MIDDLETON I'm into books - I love literature, so I toyed with the idea of being an English teacher. I had ... TARON EGERTON By junior high, I was a horrible student. But during my sophomore year of high school, I did have a ... ANDREA BARRETT What is a Man / Woman who does not try and make the World Better? 'KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ' THE MOVIE WILBUR SMITH JOHN HAWKES This is our first fund-raiser. CORNELIA MERCHANT MARILYN MONROE RICK RIORDAN STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS LUCAN LUCAN One way or another, we all fight for what we believe in. Doesn't that give us some common ground? TOM CLANCY, 'THE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN' C. JOYBELL C. BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL Every time I've done a fund raiser, I've been blown away by the amount of money and the gene... AMANDA TAPPING J.A. REDMERSKI CHARLES BUKOWSKI If we cannot always be entirely sane in our relationships, the kindest thing we can do for those who... THE SCHOOL OF LIFE Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way."GORDON KORMAN He said that academia reminded him of a badly run circus. The faculty members were like underfed ani... SUSAN HUBBARD SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY ANNE FRANK JOHN GREEN Menendez has a fund raiser, and basically everyone donates to him. It's the way of business in Hudso... JOSE ARANGO MILES TELLER DIEGO DELLA VALLE CHARLES BUKOWSKI I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON My most effective fund-raiser has been word of mouth or friends. I raised $35,000 without a fund-rai... JAMES GRADY NEIL GAIMAN BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA The first Western teacher of English in Japan was a Native American. GERALD VIZENOR BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA My family moved from California to New Jersey in the beginning of my sophomore year of high school. ... CAMILLE GUATY This is the biggest fund-raiser of the year for the elementary. LORI STEPHENSON When I was 16, I played Macbeth at school and my English teacher said, 'I think you may have act... DAVID SUCHET Charles Blow's memoir 'Fire Shut Up in My Bones' was a breathtaking piece of writing. ANDREW ROSENTHAL J.R.R. TOLKIEN J.R.R. TOLKIEN JULIA GLASS SLOANE CROSLEY I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in ... ALEX O'LOUGHLIN ALEX GUARNASCHELLI JACK MA I been in jail twice. The first time was reform school: they got me for carrying burglar's tools... JAKE LAMOTTA I had a high school English teacher who made me really work at writing. And once, when I got an assi... ANDREW CLEMENTS DAISAKU IKEDA JEANIENE FROST J.K. ROWLING J.K. ROWLING The first play I ever saw - I was in junior high school - was a high school production of Noel Cowar... TERRY TEACHOUT JOHN HURT ELISABETH ELLIOT ROBERT ENGLUND STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window SUZY DAVIES
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