Eric Weiner Quotes
Joseph Campbell, who when asked what spiritual practice he followed said, "I underline books." Me too.
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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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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Wherever I am, I take books, not novels.
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When we come to images or memories or thoughts, speculation, while always closely related to practice, is more explicit, and it is in fact not immediately obvious that such processes can be described in any sense as practical.
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May books spread the world over!
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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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I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
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Travel teaches as much as books.
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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.
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I don't write books inadvertently.
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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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America is full of readers of all different sorts who love books in many different ways, and I keep meeting them. And I think editors should look after them, and make less effort to please people who don't actually like books.
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Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same.
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
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As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn't go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.
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There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.
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Knowledge of birth control is essentially moral. Its general, though prudent, practice must lead to a higher individuality and ultimately to a cleaner race.
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Books are the windows through which the soul looks out.
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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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We've been sitting at the compromise table for a long time. We're just waiting for that cold chair to be warmed up by the Republican leadership. They still have time to do the right thing and be responsible. They just seem to be moving further and further away from it.
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If we want to close the achievement gap, build a well-educated workforce and responsible citizenry, we must start with our youngest children.
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When I was five, I went on my first audition. It was for a Pizza Hut commercial.
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Joseph Campbell, who when asked what spiritual practice he followed said, "I underline books." Me too.
