Quotes 301 till 320 of 1030.
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How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?
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Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.
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I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not aware of.
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I always wanted to be an actor, but I always loved design, and growing up in New Orleans there was such great style, great architecture. I would decorate my little apartment in New York over and over again, because it only had a couple of rooms. And I did it for friends and family on the side just for fun.
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I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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I am stunned by how much time and effort I must spend marketing my book and interacting with my readers. With social media, you don't just publish a book and figure you've done your part; your fans want to talk to you, have a conversation.
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I appeal to you, my friends, as mothers: are you willing to enslave your children? You stare back with horror and indignation at such questions. But why, if slavery is not wrong to those upon whom it is imposed?
― Angelina Grimke
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I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.
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I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.
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I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child.
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I call the book of Job, apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with the pen.
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I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends!
Source: Allott - The Brontës, the critical heritage (1974) -
I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown.
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I can only point out a curious fact. Year after year the Nobel Awards bring a moment of happiness not only to the recipients, not only to colleagues and friends of the recipients, but even to strangers.
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I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.
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I can't forgive my friends for dying; I don't find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.
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I can't go into Oklahoma without thinking about Larry Clark's photography book 'Tulsa.' It's a great book about how life works.
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I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.
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I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever.
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I created a fitness club with five friends. We have weekly check-ins and a reward system - and group penalties if one of us slacks off.
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