George W. Plunkitt Quotes
You can’t study human nature in books. Books is a hindrance more than anything else

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I didn't know I wanted to act until it was around 21. I had just come back to Los Angeles after two and half years of traveling and working as a dancer and singer and was looking for a new performing art to study. I started taking acting classes and fell in love.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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Every study on crime and or firearms proves time and time again, that 99.99999% of American gun owners do not commit crimes or use our firearms in any dangerous or improper way.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener.
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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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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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The identification of the genes which determine biological phenomena and the study of the control they exert on these phenomena has proven to be the most successful approach to a detailed understanding of the mechanism of biological processes.
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
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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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May books spread the world over!
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I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
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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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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.
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I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.
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There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be.
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An excellent habit to cultivate is the analytical study of the King James Bible. For simple yet rich and forceful English, this masterly production is hard to equal; and even though its Saxon vocabulary and poetic rhythm be unsuited to general composition, it is an invaluable model for writers on quaint or imaginative themes.
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Obviously, you've seen him make plays out there. He's going to make some for them opponents, unfortunately. We're trying to get those out of his system.
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As in heaven Your will is punctually performed, so may it be done on earth by all creatures, particularly in me and by me.
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All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the state; but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things.
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You can’t study human nature in books. Books is a hindrance more than anything else