Nora Ephron Quotes
Reading makes me feel I’ve accomplished something, learned something, become a better person… Reading is bliss.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't read horror, ever. When I was 15, I made the mistake of reading part of 'The Exorcist.' It was the first and last horror book I've ever opened.
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My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
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I used to have so many opinions before I learned the facts.
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On the landscape crew, I learned a lot from the other workers. We treated everybody equally, and we worked hard.
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I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.
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I think when I was 12, I started reading Evelyn Waugh, and I loved Evelyn Waugh so much, and I thought: 'This is how the world really is. If I could be Evelyn Waugh, then I would be happy.'
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Though he was not a reader himself, my father understood that reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.
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We take men's obligation to earn money, and when they do it well, we blame them for having power and being oppressors. And when they don't do it all, women just don't marry men who are reading 'I'm Okay, You're Okay' in the unemployment line.
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Reading 'Moby-Dick' helps you discover how to live.
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Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.
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I grew up riding when I was younger in Texas. I actually learned how to ride in Norway. I really love riding horses.
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The study of this Book is forbidden. It is wise to destroy this copy after the first reading. Whosoever disregards this does so at his own risk and peril. These are most dire.
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We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is our essential function.
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As I got older, I got closer to my faith and I got closer to Jesus, reading the Bible and living my life under God.
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One way of reading my life is that I have been in constant search for a father.
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When I'm going to see a comedian, I don't want to see them hold back, and when I'm reading a book, I don't want to hear an abridged version.
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The advent of Kindle, the iPad, and other portable reading devices has so far simply resulted in turning analog print into digital print while keeping the same linear prose format.
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It's always nice to be thought of.
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Another of the strange and evil tendencies of the present day is the decoration of the railroad station... There was never more flagrant nor impertinent folly than the smallest portion of ornament in anything connected with the railroads... Railroad architecture has or would have a dignity of its own if it were only left to its work.
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I was a wayward child, very passionate and very determined. If I made up my mind to do something, there was no stopping me.
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My priority will continue to be that we maintain the optimal balance to be able to invest in education and infrastructure while encouraging business growth.
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When you consider the many ways in which people have to make a living every day when they wake up, I figure that eating 20 eggs isn't that bad.
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Reading makes me feel I’ve accomplished something, learned something, become a better person… Reading is bliss.
