Roland Smith Quotes

• Un compañero puede animarte, incluso evitar que te caigas, pero no puede llevarte a la cima. Eso depende exclusivamente de ti.

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  Fall, Up To You, Partners

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• You can never tell you the mountain will allow and who it will not.

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  Montaña

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• When you do your research write down whatever interests you. Whatever stimulates your imagination. Whatever seems important. A story is built like a stone wall. Not all the stones will fit. Some will have to be discarded. Some broken and reshaped. When you finish the wall it may not look exactly like the wall you envisioned, but it will keep the livestock in and the predators out. (pg. 144)

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  Wall, Writing, Imagination

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• There's nothing wrong with a little fear. Being fearful can save your life-it's saved mine on more than one occasion-but too much fear can stop you from living.

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  Littles, Too Much, Fearful

  Roland Smith (2005). “The Cryptid hunters”

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• For a climber, saying that you are stopping by Everest is like saying that you are stopping by to see God.

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  Stopping, Mountain Climbing, Everest

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• ...what makes a story unique is not necessarily the information in the story but what the writer chooses to put in or leave out.(pg. 146-147)

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  Unique, Stories, Information

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• You don't have to be alone to feel alone.

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  Se siente

  Roland Smith (2008). “Peak”, p.154, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The only thing you'll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below.

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  Lying, Views, Matter

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• a good writer should draw the reader in by starting in the middle of the story with a hook, then go back and fill in what happened before the hook. Once you have the reader hooked, you can write whatever you want as you slowly reel them in.

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  Writing, Want, Hook

  Roland Smith (2008). “Peak”, p.1, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• My heavenly citizenship makes the whole world a foreign mission field.

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  World, Fields, Citizenship

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• Bluetooth earpieces are so geeky," Dan Cahill said. "But they free up your hands for surfing the web, stealing priceless jewels, and eating pastry," Atticus said, taking a huge bite out of an apple strudel. "And picking your nose," Dan added, which caused Atticus to blow a mouthful of strudel all over the seat in front of them occupied by Dan's sister, Amy, who was trying to sleep

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  Sleep, Blow, Hands

  Roland Smith (2012). “The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 4: Shatterproof”, p.7, Scholastic Inc.

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• Estudiar a los elefantes es como retroceder a la prehistoria. En tamaño, los elefantes son lo más parecido que tenemos a los dinosaurios. Hay días en los que tengo la sensación de que no podemos hacer nada por los elefantes; siento que el único bien que estoy haciendo es registrar la extinción de uno de los animales más magníficos que jamás han pisado la tierra.

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  Animal, Elephants, Earth

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• Dan", dijo. "Estoy preocupada por él. No está bien que un niño de trece años sepa tanto como él sobre robar cosas". "Tienes razón", dijo Jake. "Debería haber tenido al menos dieciséis años, como tú, antes de formar parte de una red criminal internacional.

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  Stealing Things, Should Have, Years

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• This is Simba," Nicole said, pointing to the lion. "Is he dangerous?" Asked Chase. "Not really. He mauled a trainer, but nothing much.

  Roland Smith

  Lions, Said, Nicole

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