Scott Adams Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
Samuel Butler
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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.
Patrick deWitt
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Oscar Wilde
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
Frances McDormand
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I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family – poor, in fact.
Madhur Bhandarkar
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
Barbara Park
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All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
Patricia Reilly Giff
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I'm a huge fan of e-books, but the more I buy and download, the more I worry that someone could just take them all away from me.
Warren Spector
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
W. H. Auden
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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
Nate Berkus
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You will always see big, chunky bags around me. I have always been fond of bags. Bags are extremely essential because I keep my books in them.
Yami Gautam
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I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
Rabih Alameddine
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
Rachel Kushner
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May books spread the world over!
Yann Martel
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
Gary Wolf
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I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
Rainbow Rowell
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Travel teaches as much as books.
Youssou N'Dour
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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
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Official brutality, which characterizes boot camps in America, is inhuman and does not work.
Jack Straw
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There’s something kind of rewarding about playing the hurricane. My job is to create drama and chaos and there’s a lot of fun to be had doing that.
Joseph Morgan
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People can smile even when terrified.
Nisio Isin
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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Patrick Henry
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Writing is a form of licensed madness.
Mal Peet
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E-books are impervious to analogy.
Scott Adams