Lev Grossman Quotes
I love rare books. Not that I own a lot of them, mind you. You couldn't quite call me a rare-book collector. But I did once work in a rare-books library, and I wrote a novel about a rare book.Lev Grossman
Quotes to Explore
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees -
If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
Warren Buffett -
Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
Rand Paul -
I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.
Jack Kevorkian -
We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
Randall Terry -
It's huge in the U.K., if someone's doing well, to put them down. That's what we do all the time. It's kind of like a cultural thing.
Maisie Williams
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
Marat Safin -
I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
Yingluck Shinawatra -
I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
Pamela Stephenson -
Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
Kangana Ranaut -
Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
Fran Lebowitz
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I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
Sam Smith -
If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.
Candice Swanepoel -
The journey matters as much as the goal.
Kalpana Chawla -
I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.
Earl Weaver -
Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.
H. G. Wells -
One of the problems is that kids who don't read - who are not doing well in school - they know they're not doing well. And they want everyone to be in that same category.
Walter Dean Myers
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In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
Karin Slaughter -
Perfection does not exist - only God is perfect.
Carolina Herrera -
In America the government took the land from the Indians and then established laws protecting private property.
Alvin Francis Poussaint -
Tamaki: Having the courage to be able to admit what you love... enjoying what you love... and being true to yourself... Isn't that also what it means to be strong?
Bisco Hatori -
I have a metal plate in my head, and can pop my shoulder and pop it back.
Jackie Chan -
I love rare books. Not that I own a lot of them, mind you. You couldn't quite call me a rare-book collector. But I did once work in a rare-books library, and I wrote a novel about a rare book.
Lev Grossman