I don't like reading music. It's like learning a language. You can't read music proficiently overnight. It takes time, it's boring work. — William Eggleston Copy Share Image
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Reading dreams. That's what started her walking down the road. Every day she'd walk a little further: a mile, and come home.… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
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Nature has her language, and she is not unveracious; but we don't know all the intricacies of her syntax just yet, and… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
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Chrysostom, I remember, mentions a twofold book of God: the book of the creatures, and the book of the scriptures. God, having… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
There is no rigorous and effective deconstruction without the faithful memory of philosophies and literatures, without the respectful and competent reading of… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
[When] Johnny Mnemonic was coming out and I realized that all the kids that worked in 7-11 knew more - or thought… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
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A man is like a two-story house. The first floor is equipped with an entrance and a living room. On the second… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
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Religion is not what you will get after reading all the scriptures of the world. It is not really what is grasped… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
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One of the most important things that we as Christians can do is regularly fill our hearts and minds with God's Word.… — Christine Caine Copy Share Image
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The most radical, audacious thing to think is that there might be some point to working hard and thinking hard and reading… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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It is manifest that all government of action is to be gotten by knowledge, and knowledge best, by gathering many knowledges, which… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
I have to create a circle of reading for myself: Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lao-Tzu, Buddha, Pascal, The New Testament. This is also… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
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