13 Ellis Quotes for You to Enjoy

I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy. Malala Yousafzai

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When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?' Wynton Marsalis

Great Me You Director Son School Father Band Ellis Musician High High School He Excited Known Sure Because Said Heard

I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to re-elect President Obama! Kerry Washington

Woman College Ellis President President Obama Immigrants Obama Could Student Student Loans Volunteers Re-Elect Without Island Person Afforded Just African-American Granddaughter Working Help Who Actress Here Millions Loans

The diversity in the CNN makeup room - it's like Ellis Island! No, it's like Noah's Ark: there are two of everything. Ana Navarro

Diversity Ellis Everything Noah Ark Like Island Makeup Room Two

Ellis Island lies in New York Harbor 1,300 feet from Jersey City, New Jersey, and one mile from the tip of Manhattan. At the time of the first European settlement, it was mostly mud, sand, and oyster shells, which nearly disappeared at high tide. David Souter

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Brands are useful ways of short-handing practically anything - look at the way Tom Wolfe first used brand name lists to sharpen up a character and a situation. Look at the most brand-referenced novel, Bret Easton Ellis's 'Glamorama.' Peter York

I love the novels of Didion and Bret Ellis and consider them L.A. writers because they write about L.A. Rachel Kushner

Love Ellis Consider About Write Writers Because Them Novels

I actually started my career interning at Perry Ellis and got to work with Marc Jacobs. Nina Garcia

Work Ellis Got Perry Marc Actually Started Career

Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures, and part of that development comes through recognizing other people for what they are. Margaret Mahy

People World Understanding Ellis Other Recognizing Through Part Development Develops Adventures Him Himself Because Around His Certainly

Just about everything put out by Top Shelf and Drawn & Quarterly and Fantagraphics is what I keep up with. And once in a while, I'll read the more mainstream comics - I like Grant Morrison's writing and some of Warren Ellis' stuff, although maybe they're more on the fringe of the mainstream. Jeffrey Brown

Writing Ellis Everything Once Top Drawn Out Some About More Put Mainstream Stuff Like Read Although Shelf Comics Up Fringe Maybe Just While Grant Warren Keep

In Jamaica High School in New York, my coach was Larry Ellis, and he said I could probably make the Olympic team. He gave me something to shoot for. Bob Beamon