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> [When you read, don't just consider what the author thinks, consider what you think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/when-you-read-don-t-just-consider-what-the-author-thinks-consider/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

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> [Truth like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold screenwriter of Dead Poets' Society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/truth-like-a-blanket-that-always-leaves-your-feet-cold-screenwriter/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

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> [Law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/law-business-engineering-these-are-noble-pursuits-and-necessary-to/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

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## Other authors on Dead poets society

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## More by Tom Schulman

> [“I close my eyes, and this image floats beside me. A sweaty toothed mad man with a stare that pounds my brain. His hands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/i-close-my-eyes-and-this-image-floats-beside-me-a-sweaty-toothed-mad/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

> [“I brought them up here to illustrate the point of conformity: the difficulty in maintaining your own beliefs in the face of others. Now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/i-brought-them-up-here-to-illustrate-the-point-of-conformity-the/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

> [I want to know my whole story works before I start working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/i-want-to-know-my-whole-story-works-before-i-start-working/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

> [“Believe it or not each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/believe-it-or-not-each-and-every-one-of-us-in-this-room-is-one-day/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

> [Make your lives extraordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/make-your-lives-extraordinary/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

> [“TODD: Well, listen, Neil. I-I appreciate this concern, but I-I'm not like you.All right? You, you, you say things and people listen. I'm, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/todd-well-listen-neil-i-i-appreciate-this-concern-but-i-i-m-not-like/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

> [When you read, don't just consider what the author thinks, consider what you think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/when-you-read-don-t-just-consider-what-the-author-thinks-consider/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

> [Truth like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold screenwriter of Dead Poets' Society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/truth-like-a-blanket-that-always-leaves-your-feet-cold-screenwriter/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

> [Law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/law-business-engineering-these-are-noble-pursuits-and-necessary-to/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

> [“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/so-avoid-using-the-word-very-because-it-s-lazy-a-man-is-not-very-2/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

> [Mr. Anderson thinks that everything inside of him is worthless and embarrassing. Isn't that right, Todd? And that's your worse fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/mr-anderson-thinks-that-everything-inside-of-him-is-worthless-and/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

> [“Only in their dreams can men be truly free. 'Twas always thus, and always thus will be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/only-in-their-dreams-can-men-be-truly-free-twas-always-thus-and/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

> [“We don't read and write poetry because it is cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/we-don-t-read-and-write-poetry-because-it-is-cute-we-read-and-write/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

> [Let me dispel a few rumors so they don't fester into facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/let-me-dispel-a-few-rumors-so-they-don-t-fester-into-facts/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

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