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Reading Quotes

"I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me."

"I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me."

Larry David, American Actor

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"Whatever I know how to do, I've already done. Therefore I must always do what I do not know how to do."

"Whatever I know how to do, I've already done. Therefore I must always do what I do not know how to do."

Eduardo Chillida, Spanish Sculptor

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"If you're not ready to die, then how can you live?"

"If you're not ready to die, then how can you live?"

Charles de Lint, Canadian Writer

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"Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own."

"Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Reading, Thinking

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"You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don't understand that's going to happen, then you're not ready, you won't do well in the markets."

"You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don't understand that's going to happen, then you're not ready, you won't do well in the markets."

Peter Lynch, American Businessman

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"I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child."

"I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child."

Goh Chok Tong, Chinese Statesman

Reading, Writer

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"When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read it, or you can't."

"When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read it, or you can't."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

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"I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership."

"I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership."

Nicholas D. Kristof, American Writer

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"If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves."

"If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves."

Don Marquis, American Poet

Reading, Want, Writing

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"I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked?"

"I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked?"

Jessica Savitch, American Journalist

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"For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry."

"For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry."

Paul Muldoon, English Poet

Reading, Poetry, People, Reason

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"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how."

"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how."

Doris Lessing, English Writer

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"When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before."

"When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before."

Cliff Fadiman, American Author

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"A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual."

"A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

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"After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more."

"After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more."

Jasper Fforde, British Novelist

Reading, Creativity, Imagination, Participation

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"In this eventful period the colony of New South Wales is already far advanced."

"In this eventful period the colony of New South Wales is already far advanced."

Charles Sturt, Australian Explorer

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"I've read this same sentence about twenty times since you came in."Anybody else except Ackley would've taken the goddamn hint. Not him though..."What the hellya reading?""Goddamn book."He shoved my book back with his hand so that he could see the name on it. "Any good?" he said."This sentence I'm reading is terrific."

"I've read this same sentence about twenty times since you came in."Anybody else except Ackley would've taken the goddamn hint. Not him though..."What the hellya reading?""Goddamn book."He shoved my book back with his hand so that he could see the name on it. "Any good?" he said."This sentence I'm reading is terrific."

J.D. Salinger, American Politician

Reading, Persistence, Focus, Appreciation

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"I don't read the Sunday papers; or the dailies, either."

"I don't read the Sunday papers; or the dailies, either."

Tom Holt, British Novelist

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"It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book."

"It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book."

Stephen Chbosky, American Author

Reading, Preference, Discovery, Delight

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"By reading Huckleberry Finn I felt I was able to justify my act of going into the mountain forest at night and sleeping among the trees with a sense of security which I could never find indoors."

"By reading Huckleberry Finn I felt I was able to justify my act of going into the mountain forest at night and sleeping among the trees with a sense of security which I could never find indoors."

Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese Writer

Reading, Act, Night, Security

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"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! - When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."

"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! - When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Reading, Books, Joy, Solitude

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"Whatever you're ready for is ready for you."

"Whatever you're ready for is ready for you."

Mark Victor Hansen, American Businessman

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"There is no such thing as national advertising. All advertising is local and personal. It's one man or woman reading one newspaper in the kitchen or watching TV in the den."

"There is no such thing as national advertising. All advertising is local and personal. It's one man or woman reading one newspaper in the kitchen or watching TV in the den."

Morris Hite, American Businessman

Reading, Advertising, Kitchen, Man

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"I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco State, and there were lots of poets reading for the benefit: one was Elizabeth Bishop."

"I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco State, and there were lots of poets reading for the benefit: one was Elizabeth Bishop."

Thom Gunn, British Poet

Reading, Poets, State, Students

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"I went through a period where I was really tired of seeing and reading about myself."

"I went through a period where I was really tired of seeing and reading about myself."

Michael Stipe, American Musician

25

"The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points."

"The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points."

Maggie Gallagher, American Writer

Reading, Performance, Results, School

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"I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian."

"I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian."

Juan Cole, American Educator

25

"To spend this particular year reading essays to Dennis Robertson as one's supervisor, and, simultaneously, enjoying membership of the group round Keynes was indeed an intellectual treat."

"To spend this particular year reading essays to Dennis Robertson as one's supervisor, and, simultaneously, enjoying membership of the group round Keynes was indeed an intellectual treat."

James Meade, English Economist

25

"Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books."

"Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books."

Jasper Fforde, British Novelist

Reading, Books, Intellect, Judgment, Humor

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"I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels."

"I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels."

John Cale, Welsh Musician

Reading, Writing

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"I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day."

"I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

Reading, Inspirational, Self-Improvement, Knowledge

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"Between 2 and 5 I'm reading in to find out what's been going on while I've been asleep."

"Between 2 and 5 I'm reading in to find out what's been going on while I've been asleep."

Bob Edwards, American Journalist

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"I started reading when I was about three, a little over three."

"I started reading when I was about three, a little over three."

Chuck Jones, American Director

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"No time spent with a book is ever entirely wasted, even if the experience is not a happy one: there's always something to be learned. It's just that, every now and again, you hit a patch of reading that makes you feel as if you're pootling about. But what can you do about it? We don't choose to waste our reading time; it just happens. The books let us down."

"No time spent with a book is ever entirely wasted, even if the experience is not a happy one: there's always something to be learned. It's just that, every now and again, you hit a patch of reading that makes you feel as if you're pootling about. But what can you do about it? We don't choose to waste our reading time; it just happens. The books let us down."

Nick Hornby, English Writer

Reading, Learning, Disappointment, Persistence

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"I was a precocious reader."

"I was a precocious reader."

Norman Spinrad, American Author

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"Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it."

"Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it."

Jean Paul, German Author

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"And, finally, Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript. Though maybe a teleprompter could have helped that!"

"And, finally, Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript. Though maybe a teleprompter could have helped that!"

David Herbert Donald, American Historian

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"Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write."

"Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write."

Jack Vance, American Author

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"Anybody in the next centuries wanting to know what it was like to be a poet in the middle of the 20th century should read Kaddish."

"Anybody in the next centuries wanting to know what it was like to be a poet in the middle of the 20th century should read Kaddish."

Leslie Fiedler, American Critic

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"I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious motions of reading speeches, drafted by others, with the principal objective of not rocking the boat."

"I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious motions of reading speeches, drafted by others, with the principal objective of not rocking the boat."

Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Statesman

Reading, Government, Fact, State

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"That was the problem with reading: you always had to pick up again at the very thing that had made you stop reading the day before."

"That was the problem with reading: you always had to pick up again at the very thing that had made you stop reading the day before."

Nicholson Baker, American Novelist

24

"I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed."

"I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed."

Sarah Vowell, American Author

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"One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since."

"One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since."

Beverly Cleary, American Author

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"I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed."

"I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed."

Jack Vance, American Author

24

"You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings."

"You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings."

Jack Dempsey, American Athlete

24

"Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to influence whatever I'm writing."

"Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to influence whatever I'm writing."

John Sladek, American Author

Reading, Influence, Writing

24

"I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself."

"I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself."

Frederick Wiseman, American Director

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"I read of the Kalamazoo girl who killed herself after reading the book. I am not at all surprised. She lived in Kalamazoo, for one thing, and then she read the book."

"I read of the Kalamazoo girl who killed herself after reading the book. I am not at all surprised. She lived in Kalamazoo, for one thing, and then she read the book."

Mary MacLane, Canadian Writer

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"Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it."

"Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it."

Ben Okri, Nigerian Poet

Reading, Act, Writing

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"Very few pilots even know how to read Morse code anymore. But if a pilot could read Morse code, he could tell which beacon he was approaching by the code that was flashing from it."

"Very few pilots even know how to read Morse code anymore. But if a pilot could read Morse code, he could tell which beacon he was approaching by the code that was flashing from it."

Mike Ferguson, American Politician

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