Books Quotes
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I do not carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books. ...The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.
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A multitude of books distracts the mind.
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
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Politicians against gay marriage now, are the future villains of our American History books.
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The time comes in life when we have read enough. It's time to stop reading. It's time to lay down the books and write.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in the stars or in books; I'm beginning to hear the teachings of my blood pulsing within me. My story isn't pleasant, it's not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves.
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In some families, parents don't read or don't have the money to spend on books.
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I don't read books.
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Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.
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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.
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Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.
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I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up.
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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.
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Books are never finished, They are merely abandoned.
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I love reading books that can break my heart.
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I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?"
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May books spread the world over!
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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While writing books about the past, I think about the present. It's not intentional, but somehow my books end up being written under the sign of a political mood.
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There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.
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Naturally, everything boils down to relationships in my books.
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I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family – poor, in fact.
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It's healthy to have interests besides books.
