Quotes with book-collector

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  • James Russell Lowell What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Alice James What a sense of superiority it gives one to escape reading some book which everyone else is reading.
    Alice James
    American diarist (1848 - 1892)
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  • William Somerset Maugham What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bryan Singer What I had noticed is that there weren't a lot of women lining up to see a comic book movie, but they were going to line up to see 'The Devil Wears Prada,' which may have been something I wanted to address.
    Bryan Singer
    American director, producer and writer (1965 - )
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  • Barry Schwartz What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about something important.
    Barry Schwartz
    American psychologist (1946 - )
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  • Adrian Lyne What I think is interesting is that the more you do, you have to invent a book of rules of what you can do and what you can't do. And the very real danger is that if your book of rules becomes a book of cliches.
    Adrian Lyne
    English film director, writer and producer (1941 - )
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  • Gail Hamilton Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put there is his private property, as much as if he had never written a word.
    Gail Hamilton
    American writer (1833 - 1896)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Augustus William Hare When a man says he sees nothing in a book, he very often means that he does not see himself in it: which, if it is not a comedy or a satire, is likely enough.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Candice Millard When I began work on my first book, 'The River of Doubt,' which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt's 1914 descent of an unmapped river in the Amazon rainforest, I thought of it as a tale of adventure, exploration and extraordinary courage.
    Candice Millard
    American writer and journalist (1968 - )
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  • Adam Clymer When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons.
    Adam Clymer
    American journalist (1937 - 2018)
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  • Armistead Maupin When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe I can hook up in cyberspace.
    Armistead Maupin
    American writer (1944 - )
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  • William Somerset Maugham When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Brad Feld When I think about the books I've written, it probably takes 150,000-200,000 words to get a 50,000 page book. Highlighting something and hitting Cmd-X is second nature.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Benjamin Disraeli When I want to read a book, I write one
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Boman Irani When I was child, I never spoke. Teacher used to write remarks on my note book. My mom sent me to a trainer. I started talking, and it gave me confidence.
    Boman Irani
    Indian actor (1959 - )
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  • Baltasar Kormakur When I write and develop things myself, I might work for a while on a script from a book, and then I go back and read the book and go back into it to see if I lost something: is there something there?
    Baltasar Kormakur
    Icelandic actor, theater and film director (1966 - )
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  • Carl Hiaasen When I'm deciding to read a book, I never open to the first chapter, because that's been revised and worked over 88 times. I'll just turn to the middle of the book, to the middle of a chapter, and just read a random page and I'll know right away whether this is the real deal or not.
    Carl Hiaasen
    American writer, author and journalist (1953 - )
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  • Joan Didion When I'm working on a book, I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what I have. It gets me into a rhythm.
    (2017)
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Katharine Whitehorn When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean why.
    Katharine Whitehorn
    British journalist, writer, and columnist (1928 - 2021)
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