I Read Quotes
1362 I Read quotes by 1094 unique authors
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I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world.
— Patti Smith
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Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo - Jo being the…
— Patti Smith
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I read a lot of biographies and books with an African background.
— Wilbur Smith
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I read all of Rider Haggard's books. For me he had the romance of Africa with a little bit of mysticism. I'm delighted to be…
— Wilbur Smith
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Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.
— Will Smith
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Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.
— Zadie Smith
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I lost many literary battles the day I read 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' I had to concede that occasionally aphorisms have their power. I…
— Zadie Smith
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I read Carver. Julio Cortazar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me.
— Zadie Smith
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'Sparkle' fell into my lap. I had heard a little bit about it, that it was being redone in early 2011. I was just kind…
— Jordin Sparks
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I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught…
— Nicholas Sparks
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I remember I read this harsh review about my show, and one of my friends told me that this was the exact same stuff people…
— Britney Spears
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I hear people all the time say, well I read through the Bible last year. Well, so what? I'm all for reading through the Bible.…
— Charles Stanley
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I did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized no person is perfect, Islam…
— Cat Stevens
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I don't read the papers; I stopped reading the papers. I read the papers only during periods of crisis, and I think papers are too…
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house.
— Amy Tan
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Photographers and reporters are mostly after me. They want to know what I read and what I'm like and I don't really know myself, so…
— James Taylor
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Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much.…
— Mike Tyson
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
— Gary Vaynerchuk
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I read the Bible every day.
— Denzel Washington
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I am literally obsessed with Lena Dunham. She's, like, my favorite person in the world. I follow her on Twitter; I read her every day.
— Emma Watson
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'Watchmen' is a politically charged story, and it explores exactly what a hero is, how the world would treat them and how they would react.…
— Gerard Way
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I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster.
— E. O. Wilson
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I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go.
— Amy Winehouse
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I read while the kids play. I can see them from the kitchen window. And I'm a fast reader.
— Reese Witherspoon
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I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
— Bob Woodward
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