Those who relish the study of character may profit by the reading of good works of fiction, the product of well-established authors. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
All attempts at gaining literary polish must begin with judicious reading, and the learner must never cease to hold this phase uppermost.… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
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The transaction between writer and reader is human civilization's most dazzling feat, yet it's such a part of our lives that it's,… — Patricia T. O'Conner Copy Share Image
I went into this job to do plays, but that's here for 10 weeks, and the rest of the year I do… — Michael Ritchie Copy Share Image
The books we read change over the years as new books come out and they change over the grades. Books we are… — Brian J. White Copy Share Image
Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I was always… — Margaret Mahy Copy Share Image
I wasn't a model schoolboy. Of course, I was forced to sit through Shakespeare and I really got into some of it,… — Rufus Sewell Copy Share Image
Finally, this is one way to reconcile the delight in beauty with the bourgeois life. Aschenbach, on one reading, has spent virtually… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
“If anybody would make me the greatest king that ever lived, with palaces and gardens, and fine dinners, and wine and coaches,… — Thomas Babington Macaulay Copy Share Image
I think I became a better writer after I started writing for the New Yorker. Well, I know I did. And part… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I remember reading this thing that Elizabeth Taylor wrote. She had her first kiss in character. On a movie set. It really… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
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It is time to return to close reading, to a serious and painstaking examination of an author's methods, of his style. Do… — Louis Aragon Copy Share Image
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As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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My commitment is to strive to lean on the Lord with my whole heart, reading His word daily and earnestly seeking His… — Elizabeth Dole Copy Share Image
By reading a man does, as it were, antedate his life, and make himself contemporary with the ages past; and this way… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
Time passes slowly. Nobody says a word, everyone lost in quiet reading. One person sits at a desk jotting down notes, but… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Reading the features you would get the impression that this year's crop of rods will allow you to cast from here to… — Tony Bishop Copy Share Image
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard… — Socrates Copy Share Image
In a time not distant, it will be possible to flash any image formed in thought on a screen and render it… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
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I remember reading To Kill A Mockingbird when I was 12. What I liked about it is that it was all seen… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
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It is the only time that I can ever remember the Prime Minister reading out the conclusions of a meeting that did… — Michael Heseltine Copy Share Image
That's not a role you prepare for. There's no preparation. You don't have time to prepare for the reading of an audiobook.… — LeVar Burton Copy Share Image
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Authors like reading. Go figure. So it's not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects. — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
The U.S. Army records alone for World War II weigh 17,000 tons, and even the best historians have not done more than… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
It's just I hate reading the description 'offbeat' about a character in a script, because I, along with Seth Green, Jamie Kennedy… — Breckin Meyer Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen - that I would get from reading at… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement is something I've looked into a lot. When I was about 23, I started reading up on it… — Andre Gray Copy Share Image
Reading is a heady thing. You can be into the action of someone's thoughts and take a whole trip down someone's ruminations… — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
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