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Begin where you are. Read every word, every phrase, every paragraph of the mind, as it operates through thought. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Why do you want to read others' books when there is the book of yourself? — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Inspiration. From real life. I open my eyes and I travel and I look. And I read everything. — Erik Spiekermann
I read the story and reread the story, but I still could not find the universality that the little Irishman had spoken of. All I… — Ulysses S. Grant
We read to find out what the world is like, to experience lots of lives, not just the one we live. If it is true… — Ramona Koval
To read is to voyage through time. — Carl Sagan
At difficult times of my life, books have been an incredible comfort. When I was 12, I changed schools and my parents split up. It… — Elliot Perlman
There aren't a lot of alternative roles for Indian actors. I think we've fallen short of portraying Indians in the media. We don't need to… — Chris Eyre
We read off the many signals that our companions' clothes transmit to us in every social encounter. In this way, clothing is as much a… — Desmond Morris
In order to enjoy the Word, we ought to continue to read it, and the way to obtain a spirit of prayer, is, to continue… — George Muller
Once I read a story about a butterfly in the subway, and today, I saw one. It got on at 42nd, and off at 59th,… — Miklos Laszlo
It's better to be cautious and play it safe than regret pushing him too hard. We're supposed to get another read on it soon. — Dick Vermeil
Too many of us hear without heeding, read without responding, confess without changing, profess without practicing, worship without witnessing, and seek without sharing. — William Arthur Ward
I turn sentences around. That's my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and I turn… — Philip Roth
What is easy to read has been difficult to write. The labour of writing and rewriting, correcting and recorrecting, is the due exacted by every… — G. M. Trevelyan
I have just read your lousy review. You sound like a frustrated old man who never made a success, an eightulcer man on a four… — Harry S. Truman
The artists who want to be writers, read the reviews; the artists who want to write, don't. — William Faulkner
You really ought to read more books - you know, those things that look like blocks but come apart on one side. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game. I don't know if you ever played competitive tennis, but you… — James Lee Burke
I don't believe any of you have ever read Paradise Lost, and you don't want to. That's something that you just want to take on… — Mark Twain

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