Bent Larsen Quotes
The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position; I am lucky, since these comments have not harmed me too much.
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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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What we've seen of Rey, she looks like she can handle her stuff. So most of the comments I get are from parents who say how wonderful it is that their little girls can see this character.
Daisy Ridley
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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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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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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 steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
Rachel Kushner
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I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
Samantha Shannon
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May books spread the world over!
Yann Martel
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I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.
Abby Wambach
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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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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
Taslima Nasrin
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It meant something to see people who looked like me in comic books. It was this beautiful place that I felt pop culture should look like.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.
Patricia Cornwell
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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
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A charger's saddle is an exalted throne, the best companions are books alone.
Al-Mutanabbi
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The labour of digging and watering, the anxious zeal with which I pounced on weeds, the poring over gardening books, the plans made as I sat on the little seat in the middle gazing admiringly and with the eye of faith on the trim surface so soon to be gemmed with a thousand flowers, the reckless expenditure of pfennings^ the humiliation of my position in regard to Fraulein Wundermacher, all, all had been in vain.
Elizabeth von Arnim
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The Refusal of the Keys: it seemed like something from mythology, from medieval legend.
Brian Morton
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My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
Quincy Jones
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We can find a great sector or business, but we're investing so early that unless there's this tenacious grit, determination, resourcefulness, ability to evolve, it won't work.
Dan Levitan
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The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position; I am lucky, since these comments have not harmed me too much.
Bent Larsen