Al-Mutanabbi Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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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.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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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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Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
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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.
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May books spread the world over!
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I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
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Travel teaches as much as books.
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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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But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.
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Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
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I collect books - a lot of books.
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My books are based 98 percent on documentary evidence.
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Actually, the books were never a planned career path.
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I think that we did a really good thing when we elected Barack Obama. I read his books. He is absolutely and totally qualified for the job. He's proven himself to be not only qualified for the job, but very good at it. The things that he's managed to get accomplished in the face of so much push-back is amazing, and I think - this is Morgan Freeman's personal thought - we're going to be in a lot of trouble if we don't reelect him, because the people on the other side of the fence scare me.
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Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books.
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Do not beg me by knees or by parents you dog! I only wish I were savagely wrathful enough to hack up your corpse and eat it raw.
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I wrote this book to show you that a cure is entirely possible because I've seen it happen over and over again.
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A charger's saddle is an exalted throne, the best companions are books alone.
