Kate Quinn Quotes
I read "Women Heroes of World War I" and was absolutely astonished. When we imagine women serving in the First World War, mostly we think of Red Cross nurses, but here I was reading about women serving as front-line soldiers, women serving as war journalists . . . and women who worked undercover as spies.Kate Quinn
Quotes to Explore
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We had a few non-fiction books at home, but my dad was of the opinion that fiction was a complete and utter waste of time because it wasn't real - so what was the point of reading it?
Malorie Blackman -
Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
Iris Murdoch -
I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
Oscar Levant -
There are hundreds of books about Woodrow Wilson, but I have an image of him in my mind that is unlike any picture I have seen anywhere else, based on material at Princeton and 35 years of researching and thinking about him.
A. Scott Berg -
Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.
Irving Babbitt -
Whenever you write music, you want it to touch people on a certain level. I mean, I've been reading tweets about 'Troublemaker' and people saying 'OMG, I can so relate to this - this is a guy that I fancy, or a girl that I fancy; it's exactly like this person.'
Olly Murs
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I was thinking in the cab on the way here that when I did press for the original production it felt like this was what I’ve always dreamt of - to be talking about myself, and about a play that I’ve written, and to be photographed. It was what I wanted. Now it’s just part of the job.
Patrick Marber -
People like to define you through what they’ve seen you do … There are aspects of my personality, I guess, that come through on-screen, but I don’t sit around thinking, I’ve been a bumbling suitor all my life.
Ben Stiller -
We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is our essential function.
Alberto Manguel -
Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept.
Paul Westerberg The Replacements -
When it comes down to helping kids, a lot of ways for education to move forward is through music because that's exciting to kids. Reading books and going to a bookstore is not that exciting.
Diplo -
Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.
Brad Henry
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Sometimes I'll be reading something online and just get so frustrated because of what people are saying.
Bruce Eric Kaplan -
What I was reading was already part of my psyche, but finally someone else was saying it's okay to walk alone.
Charlie Trotter -
When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.
Lynn Abbey -
For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.
Don DeLillo -
Buster Keaton is my hero.
French Stewart -
Obviously, football and soccer seem to clash a lot, but soccer was great for me. It's a game that you play with triangles. You make a pass thinking that the person you pass the ball to is going to make the next pass.
Chris Borland
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Follow Your Bliss. Not someone else’s idea of your bliss. Not what you think should be your bliss. Not what you think would impress the crowd or appease the family. Your BLISS. What truly gets you giddy.
Brian Francis Johnson AC/DC -
What's really important to me is somebody who can totally let loose and pretty much be themselves and have fun.
Taylor Lautner -
Most theatre people and composers are like research hounds.
David Bryan Bon Jovi -
I am a big fan of Jim Jarmusch, and I do love big screen documentaries.
Martin Parr -
I read "Women Heroes of World War I" and was absolutely astonished. When we imagine women serving in the First World War, mostly we think of Red Cross nurses, but here I was reading about women serving as front-line soldiers, women serving as war journalists . . . and women who worked undercover as spies.
Kate Quinn