I was very candid in my book because I want people to know the truth... and that people can change for the… — Glen Campbell Copy Share Image
I love to read about anger. A "feel bad" book always makes me feel good. And no other novel in the history… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our judgment and… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
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Ethical inquiry has always been motivated by the aim of improving human conduct. It doesn't follow from that that the goal is… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
My name is Jarrett Krosoczka, and I write and illustrate books for children for a living. So I use my imagination as… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka Copy Share Image
In my first book, 'A Return to Love', I wrote about things in the outer world that need to change - how… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
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I'm grateful for the likes of Kundera, Murnane, Markson, Berger, and, in his recent work, Coetzee. But no matter how celebrated they… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
The Book of Mormon contains the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ (D&C 20:9). That does not mean it contains every… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
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I really knew almost nothing about Silicon Valley. I read that Steve Jobs book and watched a bunch of documentaries, and read… — Zach Woods Copy Share Image
What better way to learn about life in the ocean--and how we are changing it--than through stories of blind zombie worms, immortal… — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
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The revision of the books of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, undertaken towards the end of the Babylonian exile, a revision much more… — Julius Wellhausen Copy Share Image
I'm trying to break myself of that habit [of not writing out a first draft ] because I'm working on a couple… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Some day I'll write a book and call it 'How I Got the Nickname Pumpsie' and sell it for one dollar, and… — Pumpsie Green Copy Share Image
I consider myself lucky that Sonu Nigam, Bikram Ghosh and Taufiq Quereshi came forward to create an original soundtrack to promote my… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
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I sometimes think I prefer suitors in books rather than right in front of me. How awful, backward, cowardly, and mentally warped… — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
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We used to work with a promoter in Italy who used to book for shows with nine hour drives in between, so… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
Remember that a book is many drafts - mine certainly are. It's improvisation. It's as much jazz and the way we talk… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
I'm not a completely closed book; I'm a social person and if I see something worth sharing, I'm happy to do that. — Josh Duhamel Copy Share Image
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It would be presumptuous to say writing a book would be a sufficient gesture, but if people were more preoccupied with the… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
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I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics.… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
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