Alan Gratz Quotes
That’s what libraries were for: to make sure that everybody had the same access to the same books everyone else did.
Quotes to Explore
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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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 read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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Wherever I am, I take books, not novels.
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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.
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
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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 am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.
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My favourite author as a child and teenager, and who I still re-read now, is K. M. Peyton. She writes very truthfully; sometimes I'm not sure if I've actually done things or just experienced them in her books.
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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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Libraries can take the place of God.
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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
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I've just taught thousands of people over the radio in the USA how to mend broken watches and broken house appliances. I am a catalyst or trigger to access these powers.
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I don't like books that seem to want to teach me things. Which is not to say that one doesn't learn from books – but you do your own learning in your own way.
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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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Museums are for dead artists. I'd never show my work in the Tate. You'd never get me in that place.
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He's going to be what?! Oh for God's sake. Sir David Beckham? You're having a laugh. He's just a good footballer with a famous bird.
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It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.
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I became a virtuoso of deceit. It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was knowledge. I consulted the strictest moralists to learn how to appear, philosophers to find out what to think and novelists to see what I could get away with.
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The Bible is the authoritative Word of God and contains all truth.
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That’s what libraries were for: to make sure that everybody had the same access to the same books everyone else did.
