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There's not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger books take a lot longer to do.


Jack Prelutsky

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JACK VANCE I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
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JACK VANCE I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed.
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JACK VANCE The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning...
JACK VANCE As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
JACK VANCE If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.
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JACK VALENTI The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.
JACK VALENTI Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.
JACK VALENTI No one today knows what is indecent.
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JACK STEINBERGER In the evenings I studied chemistry at the University of Chicago, the weekends I helped in the famil...
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JACK STEINBERGER I studied chemical engineering. I was a good student, but these were the hard times of the depressio...
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JACK SCHMITT My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War.
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JACK SCALIA I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.
JACK SCALIA You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
JACK SCALIA But this country is a great country and will always rebound.
JACK SCALIA Because if you have a strong foundation like we have, then you can build or rebuild anything on it. ...
JACK SCALIA Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.
JACK SCALIA I was an only child until I was 14, and there were no other kids around the area really. So I spent ...
JACK REYNOR I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor c...
JACK REYNOR With 'Richard,' I was excited to make this film with such an amazing role for an actor. Play...
JACK REYNOR As a kid growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself.
JACK REYNOR I couldn't even get an audition for network TV at home in Ireland.
JACK REYNOR If you have an opportunity to reach people on a broad scale, it's not enough to just entertain p...
JACK REYNOR 'Transformers' gives people the ability to relax and rest for three hours. That's a subs...
JACK REYNOR When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and a...
JACK REYNOR In terms of doing another franchise after 'Transformers,' I don't know if that would be ...
JACK REYNOR 'Star Wars' was something that I was definitely interested in. Whether or not I was really i...
JACK REYNOR I was always a big fan of Charlie Chaplin movies. I love 'The Great Dictator' and 'City ...
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