David McCord Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
Samuel Butler -
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 -
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Oscar Wilde -
It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking our careers will come to a standstill, or worse, crash and burn if we aren't social media butterflies.
M. J. Rose -
All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
Patricia Reilly Giff -
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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I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
Barbra Streisand -
I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
Rachel Kushner -
Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.
Salman Rushdie -
God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.
Patricia Heaton -
Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
Orson Scott Card -
I collect books - a lot of books.
Kate Spade
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If the heavens throw you dates, you got to keep your mouth open.
Navjot Singh Sidhu -
The Church became both more accessible and less imposing. It threw itself open to risk.
Lance Morrow -
The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. ... Freedom and slavery are mental states. Therefore, the first thing to say to yourself: 'I shall no longer accept the role of a slave. I shall not obey orders as such but shall disobey them when they are in conflict with my conscience'.'
Mahatma Gandhi -
You may think, passer-by, that FateIs a pit-fall outside of yourself,Around which you may walk by the use of foresightAnd wisdom.
Edgar Lee Masters -
There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof.
Jean Paul -
The tech and tech media world are meritocracies. To fall back to race as the reason why people don't break out in our wonderful oasis of openness is to do a massive injustice to what we've fought so hard to create.
Jason Calacanis
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YouTube's a funny place because so many creators fall into their aesthetics out of necessity and the visuals are driven out of an urge to create. You get a lot of interesting examples of interesting design choices that have roots in practicality as well as an artistic sentiment.
Freddie Wong -
Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just put them back on the shelf and say, “good book,” as if I was patting a good dog. I wanted books to change me, and I wanted to write books that would change others.
Jack Gantos -
Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural, nor unjust, nor impolite.
Edmund Burke -
The three-peat has never been attempted, ever, and for me, I think it will add to my legendary status. I want to become one of the greatest athletes ever to have competed in any sport, so for me, that's what it means.
Usain Bolt -
Books fall open, you fall in.
David McCord