Ernest K. Gann Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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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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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
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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.
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I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
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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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The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.
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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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The only rule is there's only one rule: no rules.
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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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No king should rule absolutely, like a dictator.
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Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.
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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.
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I don't have lavish taste.
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I think egg boiling is the hardest thing I've ever done, but I can make a tiramisu anytime you want.
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He who regards the world as he does the fortune of his own body can govern the world. He who loves the world as he does his own body can be entrusted with the world.
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I cried for madder music and for stronger wine.
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Rule books are paper - they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal.
