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Tuesdays with Tiffany

Tuesdays with Tiffany. Famous People and Reading. Assignment. The quotes are divided into 6 sections: For each section, choose 1 quote to write on the left hand side.

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Tuesdays with Tiffany

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  1. TuesdayswithTiffany Famous People and Reading

  2. Assignment • The quotes are divided into 6 sections: • For each section, choose 1 quote to write on the left hand side. • Then write a response to the quote on the right hand side. Your response can be a connection or a question it makes you wonder. • Copy the chart on the next page to help you. • As you number your paper, skip 4 lines between each number.

  3. Assignment

  4. Authors andStorytellers There are seven quotes.

  5. “My advice about reading is to do a lot of it- those make-believe worlds are the best worlds I know."- Stephen King, Author

  6. "Reading has always been a major part of my life. It has broadened my world and taken me to places I would otherwise have never seen. Now that I am a hundred years old (this September) it still takes me to the outside world I can no longer visit."- Phyllis A. Whitney, Author

  7. “Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.” - P J O’Rourke, journalist and writer

  8. “Reading keeps me alive. It is like food for my imagination"- Anndrena Belcher, Nationally known Storyteller

  9. “We read to know we are not alone.” - C S Lewis, Author

  10. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” - Dr. Seuss, Author

  11. “So please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install, A lovely bookshelf on the wall.” - Roald Dahl, Author – Quote from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

  12. Judges andLawyers There are two quotes.

  13. "Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true."- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

  14. “Books provide so many avenues to knowledge, to understanding, to fun and to solving problems. They help us cope with triumph and tragedy and failure. Books are the best example of human sharing I know. Read on!"- Janet Reno, first female Attorney General.

  15. Actors andComedians There are five quotes.

  16. “If you have a question about anything, the answer can be found in a book somewhere in the library."- Bill Cosby, Comedian

  17. “A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.” - Jerry Seinfeld, Actor, Comedian

  18. "I love so many books it's hard to know where to start! How about authors? Charles Dickens, Tom Robbins, Sabrina Ward Harrison, Douglas Coupland, Brian Patten, etc. Reading changes, enhances and enlightens my life, I wouldn't want to live without words."- Evangeline Lilly, Plays Kate on Lost

  19. “When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before” - Cliff Fadiman, radio personality

  20. “If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.” - Lily Tomlin, Actress

  21. Politicians There are two quotes.

  22. “Reading is important to me because I believe we never stop learning, and the best way to keep learning is to read."- Jesse Ventura, Minnesota Governor

  23. "When I was growing up reading was important. We read for entertainment and knowledge . Information is power. The more you read, the more you know and the more successful you become."- Bob Dole, Senator

  24. Activists There are threequotes.

  25.      “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” - Margaret Fuller, Women’s Rights Activist

  26. “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” - Frederick Douglass, slave, writer, activist

  27. “Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Gandhi, Activist

  28. Musicians There are two quotes.

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