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In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice. — Edmund Wilson
"I know perfectly well that at this moment the whole universe is listening to us," Jean Giraudoux wrote in The Madwoman of Chaillot, "and that… — Frank Drake
Anton Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times, trying to get it just right. He failed. — Edward Abbey
Library of the Works of Ludwig von Misesâ€. Here is an article he wrote in 1951, some two years after his magnum opus Human Action… — Ludwig von Mises
I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about secularization was a mistake. Our underlying argument was that secularization… — Peter L. Berger
Once I was condemned to three months' absolute silence. As I could not speak, I wrote a book. — Nana Mouskouri
The only good grades I ever got in school before I was kicked out were for creative writing. I thought that fiction might be in… — Rick Springfield
If the layman cannot participate in decision making, he will have to turn himself over, essentially blind, to a hermetic elite. ... [The fundamental question… — Gerald Holton
I went before the Lord, and I wrote what the Lord told me to write . . . . — Wilford Woodruff
I was married at the time when I first joined the band and my wife said: 'Why don't you write a song about me ?'… — Bon Scott
I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam. — Tracy Kidder
I was asked by a group to write a song on the theme of brotherhood. This was before women's liberation, when brotherhood meant men and… — Tom Glazer
I wrote the Brotherhood song for no money out of my deep feelings about humanity, and because I was flattered that whatever talents I had,… — Tom Glazer
Wouldst thou shut up the avenues of ill, Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Actually I did not invent the seven habits, they are universal principles and most of what I wrote about is just common sense. I am… — Stephen Covey
But some of the nonsense was evil, since it concealed great crimes. For example, teachers of children in the United States of America wrote this… — Kurt Vonnegut
I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head torn off if wrote about certain things. — Harvey Pekar
I wrote for a weekly magazine and then edited a literary magazine, but I did not really feel comfortable with the profession of journalism itself — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful… — Cecilia Bartoli
When I wrote 'Fast Food My Way' in 2004, I hoped that my friends would prepare my recipes. Now, more people cook from that book… — Jacques Pepin

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