Quotes with book-friends

Quotes 381 till 400 of 1030.

  • Ang Lee I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures.
    Ang Lee
    Taiwanese film director, producer, and screenwriter (1954 - )
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  • Adam Sandler I think the reason I don't read is because, when I'm reading, I feel like I'm missing out on something else. You know, What are my friends doing? Where's my girlfriend?.
    Adam Sandler
    American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1966 - )
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  • Carol Shields I think, especially when you're in college, each book that you're reading tends to tell you who you are.
    Source:  (2011)
    Carol Shields
    American-born Canadian novelist (1935 - 2003)
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  • Beck I try not to obsess about recording. I'm definitely the one who will leave all the mistakes-to have that balance between what's undone and done. I try to move on to the next thing. I have friends who have been working on the same song for five, six years. They just won't let the songs go.
    Source: Rolling Stone magazine, 1996
    Beck
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1970 - )
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  • Ann Patchett I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people in a beautiful place, give them all tuberculosis, make them all stay in a fur sleeping bag for several years and see what happens.
    Ann Patchett
    American author (1963 - )
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  • Anna Harrison I wish that my husband's friends had left him where he is, happy and contented in retirement.
    Anna Harrison
     
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  • Edward Vernon Rickenbacker I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.
    Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
    American fighter pilot in WW I (1890 - 1973)
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  • Rabbi Harold S. Kushner I would rather think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to come together and make sense.
    Rabbi Harold S. Kushner
    American rabbi (1935 - )
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  • George Orwell I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Philip Roth I wouldn't mind writing a long book which is going to occupy me for the rest of my life.
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • Alistair Maclean I wrote each book in thirty-five days flat - just to get the darned thing finished.
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  • Bella Heathcote I'd say the majority of my friends are Australians, although I have some good American friends, but I think with Aussies, we just get it. We don't take each other too seriously, which is a relief.
    Bella Heathcote
    Australian actress (1987 - )
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  • Bart Chilton I'm a big Michael Lewis fan. That said, my favorite Lewis book was 'The Blind Side.'
    Bart Chilton
    American civil servant, consultant and author (1960 - 2019)
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  • Busy Philipps I'm a jewelry girl. I became with friends with designer Irene Neuwirth a few years ago. At that point, I just used to wear my wedding rings. Very low key. Now, if I could, I'd be draped from head to toe in her jewelry all the time. Everything she makes is beautiful.
    Busy Philipps
    American actress and writer (1979 - )
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  • Augusten Burroughs I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising, so it was just great that it was received so well and by such a huge audience.
    Augusten Burroughs
    American writer (1965 - )
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  • Peter Carey I'm always the one with the activist friends. I've been an activist very little.
    Peter Carey
    Australian writer (1943 - )
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  • Ana Castillo I'm concerned about a lot of serious border issues. This book is about the border reality and the struggles of the undocumented worker.
    Ana Castillo
     
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  • Adam Sandler I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff. So most of the characters I play are people who don't always feel comfortable beyond their small circle of friends.
    Adam Sandler
    American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1966 - )
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  • Tim O'Brien I'm not dead. But when I am, it's likeI don't know, I guess it's like being inside a book that nobody's reading.
    Source: De last die ze droegen (1990)
    Tim O'Brien
    American novelist (1946 - )
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  • Adam Sandler I'm not looking to get away from anything. I like what I've done. I like what I get to do and I enjoy working with my friends. I loved those movies, but this is incredible.
    Adam Sandler
    American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1966 - )
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