I try to know as much as I can about a book before the beginning, but I never know exactly where it's… — Scott Spencer Copy Share Image
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Proverbs are the literature of reason, or the statements of absolute truth, without qualification. Like the sacred books of each nation, they… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We never had books in the house. Not any book in our house. Not a Bible, not anything. So, I would go… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
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“Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Advancement: Notable leaders chart the course of action that causes other leaders to progress toward reaching… — Anyaele Sam Chiyson Copy Share Image
But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands. — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
A man can write one book that can be great, but this doesn't make him a great writer-just the writer of a… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
There are persons who are never easy unless they are putting your books and papers in order--that is, according to their notions… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
There are lots of ways to design a workflow - for instance, some land surveyors book their notes by hand, and some… — Mark Mason Copy Share Image
Why do you like books so much?” he asked. Miles answered without taking his face away from the window. “You never know… — Wendy Mass Copy Share Image
“The book was not new. Dates were stamped on the front endpaper, in and out dates. A rent book. A lending library… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
My books and records are arranged according to subject, and within each subject, they're alphabetical by author or artist. The music tapes… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
For many years I wanted to be a rock star but of course that didn't work out. I did however write on… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
I love this book! Cathy Malkasian's Percy Gloom swirls with echoes of cartoon landscapes from the past and present. You can almost… — Jeff Smith Copy Share Image
When I began my career as a cosmologist some twenty years ago, I was a convinced atheist. I never in my wildest… — Frank J. Tipler Copy Share Image
Few [books] get translated and the ones that do have trouble making it into the mainstream. It's more likely that Americans will… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
I have to write what I can write, and writing the text of a picture book is like walking a tightrope, if… — Patricia MacLachlan Copy Share Image
When I wrote my book about Amsterdam, the main objective was to talk about the city's creativity rather than just its design. — Marcel Wanders Copy Share Image
I don't really collect the mementos. I do steal books off of sets. If there's a library on the set, you can… — Billy Campbell Copy Share Image
For the moment, whenever I read, it is normally scripts. You start a book and then you think, 'I should be reading… — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
There are always patterns in everything, there are patterns in books, there are patterns in human behavior, there are patterns in success,… — Jordan Belfort Copy Share Image
Books only spoil the originality of genius. Very well for those who can't think for themselves - But when one has made… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
By the time I was ten or eleven, I had a song-book and I was writing everything down. It used to just… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
What a big book, captain, might be made with all that is known!" "And what a much bigger book still with all… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
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My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
My first book really did change my life. It allowed me to fully express myself. There was a sense that I was… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
The more profoundly we study this wonderful Book, and the more closely we observe its divine precepts, the better citizens we will… — William McKinley Copy Share Image
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Because I stopped dieting already six months ago, and I think it's important to bring out a book like this and you… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with beauty - seriously, one of my dreams is to write a book about beauty secrets and do a skincare… — Liv Tyler Copy Share Image
I was immediately swept up in Ariane's story. Equal parts thrill-ride and love story, The Rules is intense and emotional. This book… — Sophie Jordan Copy Share Image
[On Lou Tellegen's Women Have Been Kind:] The book ... has all the elegance of a quirked little finger and all the… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
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I've often said to myself, "Thank God I can write, 'cause this is hilarious." I actually wanted to go into all that… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
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