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I'd begun to realize that there was an unspoken predjudice among book-learned people, a secret conviction they all seemed to share, that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Each one seems to be, in some way, essentially different from the others, and each is a surprise to me. I think… — Mordicai Gerstein Copy Share Image
“[Literature is] the best way of telling the truth; it’s a process of producing grand, beautiful, well-ordered lies that tell more truth… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
There's this book that I love called 'Eleanor & Park.' It's an incredible story about these two misfit kids who fall in… — Shannon Purser Copy Share Image
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“The ruinous deeds of the ravaging foe (Beowulf) The best-known long text in Old English is the epic poem Beowulf. Beowulf himself… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
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Elvis came along when I was 10. My father gave me a bass ukulele. I taught myself how to play from a… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
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Everybody says, TV is great, the writer has so much power. I'm still trying to convince myself that's true. When do the… — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
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The popular books are the novels, dealing with life under all possible conditions, and they are widely read not only because they… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
“Literature simulates life. A novel is a story of what never was, and a play is a novel without narration. A poem… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
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My mother is a huge fan of my work. I told her about 'Coraline' long before the film was made, and she… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
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The U.S. has a law on the books called the debt limit, but the name is misleading. The debt limit started in… — David Malpass Copy Share Image
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