Today there are a huge number of think tanks working on poverty-related issues; there are books written on the topic; and university… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
Antiphon, as another man gets pleasure from a good horse, or a dog, or a bird, I get even more pleasure from… — Socrates Copy Share Image
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Books were rare,expensive, time-consuming to create and copy, and difficult to transport. That is why collections ofprint-based books developed around centers of… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
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We must also remember some of the key lessons of Scripture. In our weakness he is strong. He can use suffering to… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
I never think of the word legacy. It doesn't mean anything. You do the right thing, in my judgment, and things will… — Raymond Kelly Copy Share Image
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'Freakonomics' began with a 'N.Y. Times Magazine' profile I wrote about Steve Levitt. I was working on a book about 'the psychology… — Stephen J. Dubner Copy Share Image
I've read pretty broadly on the Holocaust - both fiction and non-fiction - and to me, 'The Lost Wife' is one of… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
I discovered that I had, in the past two decades, written a far greater amount in the essay form than I remembered.… — William Styron Copy Share Image
No one who reads this book will remain unchanged or unaffected-Julene Bair's story arcs from the cornfields of Kansas and Nebraska to… — Jonis Agee Copy Share Image
People who need to possess the physical copy of a book, and not merely an electronic version, are in some sense mysteics.… — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
It's odd. Though I've spent years working with and creating images, I feel most comfortable expressing myself through writing. I'd been in… — Michael Salu Copy Share Image
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I use a computer, but before I begin each new book I keep a notebook. I write down everything that comes to… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
The Bible was written two thousand years ago. The world is a different place now. Stories that had meaning then are meaningless… — James Frey Copy Share Image
The plot is very important because writers have to play fair with their readers, but no one would care about the plot… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
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I always wrote. I wrote from when I was 12. That was therapeutic for me in those days. I wrote things to… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
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the process of a book's coming to life is not fully complete until your imagination meets mine on the page. The words… — Rebecca Wells Copy Share Image
But the penciled sheets did not seem like nor smell like the library book so she had given it up, consoling herself… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
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oh, my God," I whispered. "But how did they get my photo? Alex tapped his mouth with his thumb. "That ...book with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It occurs to me that, after the huge output of writing I've produced over the years, there is a close link between… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
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Grown-ups shouldn’t finish books they’re not enjoying. When you’re no longer a child, and you no longer live at home, you don’t… — John Irving Copy Share Image
And it would be a spare life he would be certain to lead as a schoolteacher in some urban location. But he… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
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When I read the book [The Adderall Diaries] I loved it, and I maybe had an inkling that there was a lot… — James Franco Copy Share Image
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