{"author":"Ridley Pearson","author_id":"Ridley+Pearson","total_quotes":11,"quotes":[{"text":"Walt loved technology. He didn't understand it half the time, but the beauty of good technology was that he didn't have to understand it. Just use it.","author":"Ridley Pearson","tags":["technology"],"id":32807,"author_id":"Ridley+Pearson"},{"text":"It's true, I'm impressed with myself, almost daily. If I don't impress myself then how am I ever to feel accomplished?' 'Who cares if you impress others?' 'Indeed. Others' opinions hardly matter, but one's own sense of accomplishment is paramount, is it not?","author":"Ridley Pearson","tags":["middle-grade","mystery","sherlock-holmes"],"id":33350,"author_id":"Ridley+Pearson"},{"text":"If you don't believe in yourself, who will?' ~Maybeck.","author":"Ridley Pearson","tags":["adventure","crazy","disney","friendship","magic","night","teen-fiction"],"id":37720,"author_id":"Ridley+Pearson"},{"text":"Be careful what you wear to bed, because you never know where you might wake up.","author":"Ridley Pearson","tags":["disney","humorous","inspirational","keepers"],"id":59403,"author_id":"Ridley+Pearson"},{"text":"As a young boy, I read 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and immediately became neurotic about my use of time. It taxed me severely, but only for the next 50 years. But I think it also allowed me to discipline myself to sit in the chair and be a writer, where one of the most needed qualities is patience.","author":"Ridley Pearson","tags":["time","myself","me "],"id":117835,"author_id":"Ridley+Pearson"},{"text":"SHUT UP!...PADLE!","author":"Ridley Pearson","tags":["humorous"],"id":177128,"author_id":"Ridley+Pearson"},{"text":"You will leave now,' said Grdankl the Strong. 'Go! Do not be afraid! If you die, it is okay!","author":"Ridley Pearson","tags":["die","humor"],"id":301119,"author_id":"Ridley+Pearson"},{"text":"Also not the kind of place to hide a server.'Is that another pun?' She asked.'No! I swear! I didn't mean that one.'~Shell Game, Kingdom Keepers #5.","author":"Ridley Pearson","tags":["bad","humor","puns"],"id":362610,"author_id":"Ridley+Pearson"},{"text":"SHUT UP!...PADDLE!","author":"Ridley Pearson","tags":["humorous"],"id":375304,"author_id":"Ridley+Pearson"},{"text":"If you don't beleve in yourself, who will?' ~Maybeck.","author":"Ridley Pearson","tags":["adventurous","disney","friendship","humor","magic","teen-fiction","villains"],"id":397696,"author_id":"Ridley+Pearson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":11,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}