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I don't thrive on stress. I love lying on the deck on our houseboat reading a book. — Bear Grylls Copy Share Image
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Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I'm reading a lot of scripts. It makes my career decisions in that sense much the same way I consume media. — Jessica Pare Copy Share Image
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I have consistently urged my friends to abstain from reading it. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
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No matter how tight the shot is, if I'm narrating it too much, there's a barrier between you and the experience, because… — Clark Gregg Copy Share Image
Writing is exhilarating, but reading reviews is not. I've been really devastated by 'good' reviews because they misunderstand the project of the… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
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People who wear their religion on their sleeves talk a lot about going to Sunday school, reading the Bible, and doing good… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
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It can be dismaying, all the same, for a novelist to compare the slowness of the writing with the speed of the… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
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