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Oscar Levant

"I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself."

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Amber Hurdle

"Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens."

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"I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world."

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"We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study."

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Amber Hurdle

"Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please."

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Amber Hurdle

"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."

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"The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it."

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"What if I were seeking a hardcopy? A book I can bury my nose in metaphorically and literally if I'm a self-confessed book-sniffer and proud to say so."

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Amber Hurdle

"Read much, but not many books."

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"In my books I might hold the mirror to my own face. If others would like to borrow the mirror, they're welcome. The books aren't there to accuse others - merely to raise issues and keep the debates alive."

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"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."

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"Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character."
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"A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it."
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"Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember."
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