Joan Bauer Quotes - Page 2

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• Sometimes just getting up in the morning and standing at the gate can bring the gate down.

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  Morning, Sometimes, Gates

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• My father always told me that in this world we are going to make a truckload of mistakes, but the best mistake we can ever make is to err on the side of mercy

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  Mistake, Father, World

  Joan Bauer (2006). “Best Foot Forward”, p.26, Penguin

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• It was February sixth: eight days until Valentine's Day. I was dateless, as usual, deep in the vice grip of unrequited love. It was bad enough not having a boyfriend for New Year's Eve. Now I had to cope with Valentine datelessness, feeling consummate social pressure from every retailer in America who stuck hearts and cupids in their windows by January second to rub it in.

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  New Year, Valentine, Heart

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• Everything's got a purpose, really - you just have to look for it. Cats are good at keeping old dogs alive. Loss helps you reach for gain. Death helps you celebrate life. War helps you work for peace. A flood makes you glad you're still standing. And a tall boy can stop the wind so a candle of hope can burn bright.

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  Dog, War, Cat

  "Stand Tall". Book by Joan Bauer, August 26, 2002.

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• ...motherhood should be like driving a car -- you should have to pass a test before you can do it legally.

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  Motherhood, Should Have, Car

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.13, Penguin

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• Infatuation cannot be sustained indefinitely, my friend. Love that embraces the entire person is a monumental gift that takes time to grow.

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  Infatuation, Friend Love, Embrace

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Thwonk”, p.1, Penguin

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• I had taken the photograph from afar (distance being the basic glitch in our relationship), using my Nikon and zoom lens while hiding behind a fake marble pillar. I was hiding because if he knew I'd been secretly photographing him for all these months he would think I was immature, neurotic and obsessive. I'm not. I'm an artist. Artists are always misunderstood.(Thwonk)

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  Distance, Taken, Artist

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• I've never said this to a girl before." I bit my lip, waiting. "Well..." He looked down. "I'm not sure how to say this." He took a deep breath and announced, "I really like fighting evil with you.

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  Girl, Fighting, Evil

  Joan Bauer (2009). “Peeled”, p.101, Penguin

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• New places always help us look at life differently

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  Looks, Helping, New Places

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.13, Penguin

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• It takes a great cook to pull life truth from poultry.

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  Poultry, Cooks, Truth Of Life

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• Mom has the Touch. She knows what flowers go with what occasions, what hors d'oeuvres work with what people. She believes passionately in the power of food to heal, restore, and stimulate relationships, and she has built a following of loyal customers who really hope she's right. If she's wrong, says Sonia, no one wants to know. (Thwonk)

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  Mom, Business, Believe

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Thwonk”, p.17, Penguin

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• People are so cheap. Everyone wants quality, no one wants to pay for it. Here's the suburban dream-- to hire great workers who are such meek morons that they don't have the guts to ask for a living wage.

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  Dream, People, Quality

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• They marched. Not for themselves. They marched to remember the ones who didn't make it back. They marched because seeing so much loss can teach you about life. they marched because we're all fighting a war whether we know it or not...a war for our minds and souls and what we believe in.

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  War, Believe, Loss

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• We've got so much in this life that all we know how to do is want more. So we concentrate on the wrong things-things we can see-as being the measure of a person. We think if we win something big or buy something snazzy it'll make us more than we are. Our hearts know that's not true, but the eyes are powerful.

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  Monday, Powerful, Heart

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Squashed”, p.83, Penguin

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• I'll tell you something about tough things. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find the way through. On the Food Network they have these shows where cooks have to put a meal together with all these weird ingredients. That's a lot like my life-dealing with things you wouldn't think ever go together. But a good cook can make the best meal out of the craziest combinations.

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  Thinking, Together, Way

  Joan Bauer (2011). “Close to Famous”, p.141, Penguin

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• If you can't find an answer at the mall or the library, what does that say about the world?

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  Library, Doe, Answers

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Thwonk”, p.84, Penguin

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• The sad heart needs work to do.

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  Heart, Needs, Sad Heart

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.121, Penguin

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• The choices we make can have lasting consequences.

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  Choices, Lasting, Consequence

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Thwonk”, p.109, Penguin

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• I don't do normal. I have a reputation to uphold. (Thwonk)

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  Normal, Reputation

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Thwonk”, p.14, Penguin

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• You cannot measure the loss of a human life. It's all the things a person was, all their dreams, all the people who loved them, all they hoped to be and could give back to the world.

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  Dream, Loss, Giving

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• It was probably easier in the old days when the bad guys rode into town wearing black capes or whatever bad guys wore and the milk cows were ownded by honest people. Right off the bat, you'd know who you were dealing with. Now everybody dresses alike.

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  Wearing Black, People, Guy

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• When you can carry five full dinner platters on your left arm, you should be able to vote, even if you're not eighteen.

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  Arms, Dinner, Able

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.32, Penguin

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• He stood up, put the tree back under the grow light. 'There. That's what's going to happen to us. It's called grafting. Taking something from one place and fixing it to another until they grow together. We didn't start from the same tree, but we're going to grow together like we did.

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  Light, Tree, Together

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.114, Penguin

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• It seemed to me that the people who made the rules of the road had figured out everything that would help a person drive safely right down to having a sign that tells you you're passing through a place where deer cross. Somebody should stick up some signs on the highway of life. CAUTION: JERKS CROSSING. Blinking yellow lights when you're about to to something stupid. Stop signs in front of people who could hurt you. Green lights shining when you're doing the right thing. It would make the whole experience easier.

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  Hurt, Stupid, Light

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• Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What was the full impact of World War II? Clear-cut teenage answer: we won.

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  Teenage, War, Cutting

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