The greatest wines have the best stories. When you get a bottle of wine you like, you read the label. — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
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History is my passion. So I write what I love to read. I find that if I combine history with a strong,… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
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I do read on holiday, but it tends to be very lowbrow. I'm into really camp biographies, and I'm a shameless fan… — Miranda Raison Copy Share Image
A lot of my friends have told me to read 'Tao Te Ching' - a classic Chinese text on the fundamentals of… — Billy Howle Copy Share Image
The European who comes to America plunges into the virgin forest with wonder and delight; while the American who goes to Europe… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
Serial tasking is hard because switching tasks is hard, even when the tasks are easy and similar. In some experiments, bilingual speakers… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
You learn timing on the road. You learn structure and how to read an audience. You learn so much about the business… — Marlon Wayans Copy Share Image
On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
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This is what I believe is most important: getting good books into the hands of kids - books that will make them… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon the critic by the book he is… — DH Lawrence Copy Share Image
I've read and heard that some of the most inspiring vocal interpreters adhere habitually to one rule: Always think the lyrics as… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
I absolutely adore classic crime and read a huge amount as a teen - Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Sherlock Holmes, Josephine… — Ruth Ware Copy Share Image