Louwrens Groenewald Quotes & Sayings

I guess I'm what you call a slush-piler. I just sent my manuscripts to the slush pile of publishers and hoped for the best. Over seven years, I was rejected seven times on three different books. The fourth attempt was picked up by a small publisher, and I still have great memories of staying up all night, talking to my brother and sisters (my dad called me at 2:30 in the morning because I was overseas). — Markus Zusak

Let's face it, 80 percent of the work I do my kids can't see. — Joe Pantoliano

Roses are my favourite flower, and my mum always grew a lot of them. — Hayley Mills

My room is now my headquarters. Nobody's allowed in without the password and I haven't even told anybody what the password is (it's pigeon, after my pigeon. Nobody else can find out if you only think it). — Stephen Kelman

The thing about information is that information is more valuable when people know it. There's an exception for business information and super timely information, but in all other cases, ideas that spread win. — Seth Godin

Hey, college-bound?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you always kick guys in the nuts when they try to kiss you?"
"Maybe you should try it sometime and find out. — Rachel Hawthorne

In fact, 37 percent of all United States Nobel Prize winners in the 20th century have been representatives of the Jewish community. — Jon Porter

I blame and credit my brothers for my competitive fire within me. Growing up, I lost at everything! My brothers are quite a bit older - 10 years and 5 years - so it was a challenge, but I have some of the most amazing memories with my big brothers. — Jennie Finch

Celebrate your own
special spirit
fly on the wings
of your secret dreams — Laurel Burch

The time is ripe for our measurement system to shift emphasis from measuring economic production to measuring people's well-being. And measures of well-being should be put in a context of sustainability. — Nic Marks

Only death dignifies our sufferings in the eyes of others. — Thomas Mann

Listen closely. Hang on to every word. But most of all, please believe me. — Calia Read

This is a story of several killings, of boys who meant nothing to a world still spinning, — Marlon James