Hartmut Michel Quotes
At age eleven, I became a member of the circulating library of my home town. From there on I was rarely seen outside but was reading two to four books per week, the subjects ranging from archaeology over ethnology and geography to zoology. Needless to say that I did not do much homework.Hartmut Michel
Quotes to Explore
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Oscar Wilde -
Yes, we're pretty into books around my house. We have lots and lots of books around. We have TV, but really no one ever watches it.
Patrick Carman -
I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
Frances McDormand -
Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
Nate Berkus -
I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
Rachel Kushner -
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.
T. E. Lawrence
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Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.
Gavin Rossdale Bush -
I'm a big reader, so when I was in 'Pride and Prejudice,' or, like, in Poirots and Marples, those are all books that I loved, and so it was really exciting for me to inhabit characters from literature that I knew and recognized.
Talulah Riley -
May books spread the world over!
Yann Martel -
Travel teaches as much as books.
Youssou N'Dour -
There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb.
Irwin Redlener -
I'm a great believer in geography being destiny.
Abraham Verghese
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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
Taslima Nasrin -
But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.
Patricia Cornwell -
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.
R. L. Stine -
Books are still my favorite present.
Karen Robards -
There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be.
Patrick Carman -
Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
Orson Scott Card
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I don't care how I got here. In the books, when you look at it 10 or 20 years from now, it's not going say how he got here, it's going to say he's here and he represented the team.
Vince Carter -
I've never received a dollar royalty to any of my books because I feel, as a slave everything that I have is a gift of my messenger.
Bill Bright -
Sometimes one touches on a very painful spot where one is almost too shy to look into it, but somehow one still has to go through it. And by going into it, one finally achieves a real command of oneself. One gains a thorough knowledge of oneself for the first time.
Chogyam Trungpa -
The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?
Lao Tzu -
The basic premise of 'A Course in Miracles' is that it teaches us to relinquish thoughts based on fear and to accept instead thoughts based on love.
Marianne Williamson -
At age eleven, I became a member of the circulating library of my home town. From there on I was rarely seen outside but was reading two to four books per week, the subjects ranging from archaeology over ethnology and geography to zoology. Needless to say that I did not do much homework.
Hartmut Michel