Best-sellerism is the star system of the book world. A "best seller" is a celebrity among books. It is a book known… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
Instapaper wouldn't be of as much value if it weren't for these mobile and e-reader devices. They give you a separate physical… — Marco Arment Copy Share Image
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The opinion of the great body of the reading public is very materially influenced even by the unsupported assertions of those who… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
I was merely a child when I opened a book 9a scroll to be more specific). What I read within those lines… — Daegus (43rd King Of Atlantis Copy Share Image
Writing a poem is a more personal experience, I think, than writing prose. And perhaps reading a poem is a more personal… — Nick Laird Copy Share Image
The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class. Now they… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
After college, I spent a decade working the kinds of jobs that I write about - bartender, shoe salesman, kitchen man -… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
The first time I did a reading/signing thing at Cody's, the woman who did the introduction said something like that, and I… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
She's different from the girls I'm used to dating. She doesn't get tired of my stories and jokes or expect me to… — Tim Tharp Copy Share Image
I never studied acting, yet the first time I auditioned and did a cold reading, I surprised everyone for my honesty and… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
The logic: Reading is a private pursuit, one that often takes place behind closed doors. A young lady might retreat with a… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
With the myriad of new Bible translations on the market today, few stand out. The ESV is one of the few, and… — Daniel B. Wallace Copy Share Image
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There was a sort of irony in the fact that these [superhero] characters - many of whom in that period, the Golden… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Where does that put you?" Montag bit his lip. "I'll tell you," said Beatty, smiling at his cards. "That made you for… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Singing your own songs live is so personal, it's like standing there reading out your diary pages. I still get really nervous… — Roxanne Emery Copy Share Image
I just preach the importance of reading, the importance of learning and challenging yourself to be the best you can be in… — Ha Ha Clinton-Dix Copy Share Image
Early readers assumed the Book of Mormon people ranged up and down North and South America from upstate New York to Chili.… — Richard Bushman Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I thought if any of my friends or people at school see me reading a book, they're… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
I really look with commiseration over the great body of my fellow citizens who, reading newspapers, live and die in the belief… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
He does not always remain bent over the pages; he often leans back and closes his eyes over a line he has… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Computers allow us to squeeze the most out of everything, whether it's Google looking up things, so I guess that tends to… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
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Much depends upon when and where you read a book. In the five or six impatient minutes before the dinner is quite… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
Court TV. I can't stop watching it. I am absolutely obsessed! If I'm not reading a book or spending time with my… — Debra Messing Copy Share Image
I've gotten to try on voices very different than my own, and I've become much more aware of structure than ever before.… — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest lesson [Huxley] learned from reading Carlyle was that real religion, that emotive feeling for Truth and Beauty, could flourish… — Adrian Desmond Copy Share Image
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My mother was an unbeliever - and still is. My father was a nominal Catholic. We would go in to church at… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
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I haven't read for pleasure in 35 years. I mean, I get a lot of pleasure from what I read... For me,… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
It's like the code of living by yourself. People who are single know what I'm talking about. You eat standing up, reading… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
You ever talk about a movie with someone that read the book? They're always so condescending. 'Ah, the book was much better… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I'm a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I devoured books like a person taking vitamins, afraid that otherwise I would remain this gelatinous narcissist, with no possibility of ever… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
For Borges, the core of reality lay in books; reading books, writing books, talking about books. In a visceral way, he was… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I read a lot of science-fiction, but then I read 'Catch-22' and 'The Catcher in the Rye' and started… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
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