When I started writing and illustrating, I knew little of classic children's literature. My stories came from real life, from my concerns about what was happening in the world.


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Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before...
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You want to leave something; you really do. I mean, in the end, statues and all those things, that d...
GEORGE FOREMAN
It's strange because you - your life goes so swiftly. You look up one day you're a teenager,...
GEORGE FOREMAN
I like to think that next year, they'll go someplace else. But there's a lot of money to be made her...
CLYDE FOREMAN
The amount of work that goes into these grows is tremendous. They're clearing out areas. They're red...
CLYDE FOREMAN
He doesn't give his opponent anything. He reacts in a thoughtful manner and he always knows his next...
GREG FOREMAN
You never know in the region tournament. You've got to bring your A game every match.
GREG FOREMAN
They are setting their goals high and working hard to reach those goals.
GREG FOREMAN
The guys are continually improving and making major waves within and outside the region with their a...
GREG FOREMAN
You'll be more likely to succeed if failure isn't an option.
GARY FOREMAN
If it's something we can feel, touch and taste, it's a whole lot easier to stay on track.
GARY FOREMAN
If you wouldn't pay cash, chances are you shouldn't be buying whatever you're looking at.
GARY FOREMAN
There are less buyers today, less sellers and therefore less reasons to pay big money for expensive ...
JAY FOREMAN
We kept the pressure on him and it probably messed up his rhythm. Those four guys up front were gett...
JAY FOREMAN
Just like each of the millions of Cabbage Patch kids that live with kids around the world, these two...
JAY FOREMAN
We estimate that we can make as many as 17 to 18 million unique Cabbage Patch Kids before we run out...
JAY FOREMAN
It's been a long time in coming, ... When I sat on this roof in 120-degree weather I couldn't wait f...
JAY FOREMAN
We found numerous guns in that area also. A lot of the time, they'll hide their dope on the ground, ...
LEIGH FOREMAN
They were selling so heavily in there at night, it was incredible. There's no way, really, to descri...
LEIGH FOREMAN
They were involved in a major cocaine trafficking ring out of Dallas and Houston.
LEIGH FOREMAN
When it hit the dirt road, I noticed blood on the road and I knew the horse was hurt.
LISA FOREMAN
The horse was running to keep up because he was going so fast.
LISA FOREMAN
When I seen it, I was in shock.
LISA FOREMAN
I'm not saying they're innocent or guilty, because I don't know. But many of us have formed an opini...
JOYCE FOREMAN
I've never seen this city as divided as it is now. The racial politics are being played. This is ser...
JOYCE FOREMAN
Mayor Miller, you have a history of attacking appointed African-American representatives on boards a...
JOYCE FOREMAN
It's them today. It's you tomorrow.
JOYCE FOREMAN
We've never been ones to limit ourselves. We like to keep it fresh.
JOSH FOREMAN
We really enjoy being theatrical. It lets the audience know we aren't trying to half do anything. We...
JOSH FOREMAN
We're going to play two-and-a-half sets. The first set will be a set of songs from past albums. The ...
JOSH FOREMAN
We're looking for similar things for spring conditions.
JOE FOREMAN
It's a context thing. It seems to vary with the community and the project.
JOE FOREMAN
The burden is really on them to make this right and set the record straight.
MATT FOREMAN
The data show that under any scenario you use, people are going to get more money from the current s...
MATT FOREMAN
The church hierarchy is attempting to scapegoat gay people for its own failure to address the sexual...
MATT FOREMAN
We've had 19 consecutive votes on same-sex marriage bans, ... Eighteen states have passed them.
MATT FOREMAN
The earliest it would show up on consumer bills would be bills received in February.
ROSEMARY FOREMAN
I did play a lot of 'what if' with myself.
WENDY FOREMAN
Stars looking at our planet, watching entropy and pain and maybe startin' to wonder how the chaos in...
JON FOREMAN
The U.S. government has no greater capacity to trace a 'mad cow' back to its origins or answer cruci...
CAROL TUCKER FOREMAN
Food-borne illness is an issue that has been shoved to the back of the shelf for far too long.
CAROL TUCKER FOREMAN
A train wreck is coming. It's not about the science. It's how people see their food.
CAROL TUCKER FOREMAN
There is no progress if you don't have the government pushing the industry to improve.
CAROL TUCKER FOREMAN
Nobody died, but 31 people ... got sick from eating this product, and I can tell you, not one of the...
CAROL TUCKER FOREMAN
There is no public health risk here. But I do believe there is a serious threat to the public's trus...
CAROL TUCKER FOREMAN
When the immediate reaction is 'yuck,' boy, you better watch out putting that in the food supply.
CAROL TUCKER FOREMAN