Nicholas Donabet Kristof (Nicholas D. Kristof) Quotes
The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.
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The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
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Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
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I have great admiration for the fact – checking team. Considering it takes me years to gather all the facts in my books, it's a daunting task for the fact – checkers to review all of that material in a matter of weeks.
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Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
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I don't write books inadvertently.
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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
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It meant something to see people who looked like me in comic books. It was this beautiful place that I felt pop culture should look like.
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But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.
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I love watching old sitcoms. It's very inspiring to watch 'Mary Tyler Moore' and 'Golden Girls.' I have watched them over and over again for years.
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Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I love hearing from readers instantly on Twitter.
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I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.
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I didn't read comic books; that's not something that was really available to me as a child. We watched more cartoons and movies.
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I wouldn't like to see a chick of mine taking her clothes off and kissing a fellow on screen. And my girls must get very hurt when they see me doing it.
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I collect books - a lot of books.
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Mom and Dad were bibliophiles. Dad shared his father's love of westerns, Mom favored the likes of Zelazny and Heinlein, Howard and Burroughs. We owned several hundred books stored in trunks that comprised our portable library.
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I don't read a lot of books.
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In one of my earlier books, Misquoting Jesus, I discuss the fact that we do not have the original copy of Luke, or Mark, or Paul’s writings, or any of the early Christian texts that make up the New Testament.
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Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
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A life without a proper direction is a burden. It becomes a liability for the society. It drives people towards terrorism and violence.
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If you allow your perceptions to be dominated by a status-quo perspective these thought forms create a network of status-quo mental habit patterns.
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The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.
