George W. Plunkitt Quotes
You can’t study human nature in books. Books is a hindrance more than anything elseGeorge W. Plunkitt
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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.
Caity Lotz -
It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
Tacitus -
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Oscar Wilde -
When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
B. F. Skinner -
I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
Joanne Rowling -
I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener.
T Bone Burnett
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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.
Warren Spector -
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.
Baruj Benacerraf -
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
Carl Hiaasen -
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.
Talulah Riley -
May books spread the world over!
Yann Martel -
I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
Rainbow Rowell
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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.
Irwin Redlener -
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.
R. L. Stine -
I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.
Paloma Faith -
There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be.
Patrick Carman -
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.
H. P. Lovecraft -
My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall.
Carl Sandburg
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I make it a point to study the character I do, and if the story demands that I wear a particular outfit, I'm game.
Hansika Motwani -
When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that.
Patricia Heaton -
If I weren't a writer, I think I might have thrown myself more enthusiastically into advertising. But, it's difficult to imagine being a diligent copywriter. It would be quite exasperating for me.
Philip Kerr -
I just love everything that Disney and Pixar do. Not only do they do beautiful films, but they have great messages for kids.
Fred Willard -
I don't pare down much. I write the beginning of a story in a notebook and it comes out very close to what it will be in the end. There is not much deliberateness about it.
Lydia Davis -
You can’t study human nature in books. Books is a hindrance more than anything else
George W. Plunkitt