Marianne Williamson Quotes
When you've written 10 books and have six on the New York Times best-seller list - and four have been No. 1 - I think you have a right to be a member of Congress.
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
Samuel Butler
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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
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Yes, we're pretty into books around my house. We have lots and lots of books around. We have TV, but really no one ever watches it.
Patrick Carman
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
Frances McDormand
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Wherever I am, I take books, not novels.
Caprice Bourret
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
Barbara Park
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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
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
Joanne Rowling
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
W. H. Auden
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
Pat Conroy
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I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress.
Gabrielle Giffords
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I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
Rabih Alameddine
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
Rachel Kushner
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Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
T. E. Lawrence
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
Carl Hiaasen
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May books spread the world over!
Yann Martel
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
Gary Wolf
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I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
Rainbow Rowell
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Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label.
George Meany
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Sometimes to speak as a woman is to cry, and to speak from our emotional, intuitive knowing, as opposed to graphs and charts and vertical lines. And that's scary - that's scary to do. And the fallout from it can be brutal.
Elizabeth Lesser
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When you've written 10 books and have six on the New York Times best-seller list - and four have been No. 1 - I think you have a right to be a member of Congress.
Marianne Williamson