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Gives Quotes by Ann Patchett
- Staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar…
- Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy…
- Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings.…
- For the most part wisdom comes in chips rather than blocks. You have to be willing to gather them constantly, and from sources you never…
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- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural history that… — David Attenborough
- Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill… — Margaret Atwood
- The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit. — Teresa of Avila
- A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds. — Teresa of Avila
- Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from… — Teresa of Avila
- Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the… — Edward Bach
- Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go. — Michelle Bachelet
- He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that… — Francis Bacon
- A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly. — Kevin Bacon
- The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond. — Robert Baden-Powell