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.• 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.

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Authors and

Storytellers

There are seven quotes.

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

"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

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

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

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

“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

“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

Judges and

LawyersThere are two quotes.

"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

“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.

Actors and

ComediansThere are five quotes.

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

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

"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

“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

“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

PoliticiansThere are two quotes.

“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

"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

ActivistsThere are three quotes.

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

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

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

MusiciansThere are two quotes.

“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.”- B. B. King, musician

“Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.” - Grace Slick, musician