They Read Quotes
113 quotes by 103 authors
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I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the…
— Maya Angelou
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In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is…
— Leigh Steinberg
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The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. It is said that leaders are readers. However…
— Mark Twain
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The directors thought, They understand nothing in the real economy, in real life. They read some stupid books, and they came from the moon to…
— Anatoly Chubais
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Anyone can repeat a technical explanation they read in a text-book or blog post.
— Albert Einstein
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Don't try to guess what sort of thing editors want to publish or what you think the country is in a mood to read. Editors…
— William Zinsser
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I envy them, those monks of old; Their books they read, and their beads they told.
— George Payne Rainsford James
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For the newspaper is in all literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people determines its conduct. It is the only…
— Walter Lippmann
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I think you can tell when you meet someone whether they read novels. There's some hollowness if they don't.
— Philip Hensher
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It [fiction] allows us to see the world from the point of view of someone else and there has been quite a lot of neurological…
— Philip Hensher
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I don't care. I mean, I've been stupid in the past, and I've learned from that. Some actors actually think about what they're going to…
— Aidan Quinn
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Those who read books cannot understand the teachings and, what's more, may even go astray. But those who try to observe the things going on…
— Buddhadasa
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Before they read words, children are reading pictures.
— David Wiesner
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Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they…
— Diana Wynne Jones
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Do people believe in human rights because such rights actually exist, like mathematical truths, sitting on a cosmic shelf next to the Pythagorean theorem just…
— Jonathan Haidt
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I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us.
— Mary Chapin Carpenter
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It's hard having kids because it's boring... It's just being with them on the floor while they be children. They read Clifford the Big Red…
— Louis C. K.
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I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can…
— Jackie Collins
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I really went back through a lot of the dark corridors of my life in this. I wanted people to know who I am based…
— Lisa Marie Presley
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German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real…
— Brian Lumley
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