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In my youth I regarded the universe as an open book, printed in the language of equations, whereas now it appears to me as a… — Arthur Koestler
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band's lead singer, Eric Burdon. "So you're the honky," she… — Nina Simone
I do not claim any of the creation of the blues, although I have written many of them even before Mr. Handy had any blues… — Jelly Roll Morton
I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would never have written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker would… — Charlie Parker
The major accomplishment of analyzing illiteracy so far has been the listing of symptoms: the decrease in functional literacy; a general degradation of writing skills… — Unknown Author
Many of my books are written from a female perspective. I rather enjoy the take that women have on the world, and certainly I enjoy… — Alexander McCall Smith
Gary Shteyngart has written a memoir for the ages. I spat laughter on the first page and closed the last with wet eyes. Un-put-down-able in… — Mary Karr
Many words will be written on the wind and the sand, or end up in some obscure digital vault. But the storytelling will go on… — Henning Mankell
The Bible became the book of books, but it is not one document. It is a mystical library of interwoven texts by unknown authors who… — Simon Sebag-Montefiore
The Ludolphian number is fixed in eternity— not a digit out of place, all characters in their proper order, an endless sentence written to the… — Richard Preston
I beseech those whose piety will permit them reverently to petition, that they will pray for this union, and ask that He who buildeth up… — Sam Houston
I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false. — L. Ron Hubbard
It really makes little difference in the long run whether The Book of the Law was dictated to [Crowley] by preterhuman intelligence named Aiwass or… — Israel Regardie
The spirit of a people, its cultural level, its social structure, the deeds its policy may prepare—all this and more is written in its fiscal… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
DJing for people is fun until someone comes up with a phone screen that has 'PLAY SOME RIHANNA' written on it. I prefer to play… — Alexa Chung
I don't open the newspapers (to see what's written about me). I don't read them and you can see them hanging at the stand outside… — Sachin Tendulkar
You may be a geek. You may have geek written all over you. You should aim to be the geek they will never forget. Don’t… — Bruce Sterling
Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of humanity. — Fred Saberhagen
I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played — Mick Taylor
A good book written for children can be read by adults — Norton Juster
Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It's like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes. — A. J. Jacobs
History gets thicker as it approaches recent times: more people, more events, and more books written about them. More evidence is preserved, often, one is… — A J P Taylor
Johnny Ramone's autobiography is a no holds barred, straight-forward book written in a no-nonsense style that is Johnny personified. His story is written in his… — Tommy Ramone
No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written — Alice Hoffman
Not a hundredth part of the thoughts in my head have ever been or ever will be spoken or written — as long as I… — Jane Welsh Carlyle

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