Quotes 361 till 380 of 491.
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The last I heard of the young man in question, he was trying to eke out a miserable existence as a book agent while he was looking about for a position somewhere with the Government as a janitor or for some other equally humble occupation.
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The lesson intended by an author is hardly ever the lesson the world chooses to learn from his book.
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The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principle subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book, which he has too diligently studied.
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The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.
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The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable.
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The most foolish kind of a book is a kind of leaky boat on the sea of wisdom; some of the wisdom will get in anyhow.
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The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.
Richard Buckminster Fuller
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The movie is actually from a book by Stephen King called The Body. When they were gonna put it to a motion picture, they found the story was a bit too strong for the title The Body, based on a young kid's movie. It would be too heavy.
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The next time you download a book on Kindle, buy a Michael Moore screed at Barnes & Noble, or order up a political movie from video on demand, remember that it is the Supreme Court's decision in 'Citizens United' that guarantees you the right to do so.
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The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief - call it what you will - than any book ever written. It has emptied more churches than all the counter-attractions of cinema, motor-bicycle and golf course.
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The one book necessary to be understood by a divine, is the Bible; any others are to be read, chiefly, in order to understand that.
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The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.
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The post-war publish or perish tyranny must end. The profession has become obsessed with quantity rather than quality. One brilliant article should outweigh one mediocre book.
Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992) -
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
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The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event.
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The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?
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The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat.
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The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it.
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The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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