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28 quotes by Kathryn Lasky

This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (November 2011) Kathryn Lasky Born (1944-06-24) June 24, 1944 (age 70) Indianapolis, Indiana, US Pen name E. L. Swann Nationality American Alma mater University of Michigan...
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I think the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the greatest undertaking in American History. I think landing a man on the moon pales next to it.

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I have always been fascinated by paleontology and prehistoric people, and I've always thought that one of the most intriguing moments in human... →

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I believe that reading widely is the best preparation for writing.

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To me, the most important thing is to tell a good story. If I can do that, I think that enlightenment, respect of nature, etc. follows.

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Whether you are a twelve-year-old princess or a twelve-year-old regular kid, you need to know you are loved and respected.

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I think, first and foremost ,Marie Antoinette was intellectually impoverished. She really had never been introduced to the notion of abstract... →

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My mother was a great advocate of women's rights, a member of the League of Women's Voters and lifelong member of Planned Parenthood and an... →

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Thinking - in particular abstract thinking, which most of us are introduced to through the study of mathematics and literature - helps us learn that... →

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When I was growing up I loved reading historical fiction, but too often it was about males; or, if it was about females, they were girls who were... →

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I hate to tell you this, but I did not even like visiting Versailles. I found it just too ornate. It was like a complete diet of cotton candy... →

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In terms of the Japanese royal family, they were considered the direct descendants of a god. They are regarded as all-powerful and possessors of... →

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Never in a million years would I want to live at Versailles with Marie Antoinette or anybody else. I hate to tell you this but I did not even like... →

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I came from a home where everybody had a book.

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