Famous Quotes: Book

No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely.
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The technology that threatens to kill off books as we know them - the 'physical book,' a new phrase in our language - is also making the physical book capable of being more beautiful than books have been since the middle ages.
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A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.
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It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema.
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Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.
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You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to this hallowed place where my friends' portraits hang and look thereon; Ireland's history in their lineaments trace; think where man's glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends.
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In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test. Students are told to get out their notes and open their books. There is no such thing as being forbidden to ask the teacher or another student for help.
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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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One half who graduate from college never read another book.
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But if something funny happens, I can't resist. I have to tell the people.
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Well, there's different shades of Hollywood, sure. I mean, I'm working in this business but I'm not Hollywood.
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My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.
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My dream, maybe because of my family, of course, was to be a painter. I chose in one moment the direction of textiles; from textiles I went to fashion.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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But I like all the books. You've got to read them all to get the complete Harry Potter experience.
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I don't have an interest in any car that isn't good for the environment, other than maybe an aesthetic quality in a picture book.
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The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
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Tobey's a mellow, cool guy. He's just a good guy. I know that's not the answer you want, and I don't mean that as the political thing to say, but he's a nice guy.
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When it comes to war, we focus more on the mainstream coverage of the event, rather than the event itself. People dying is never funny. Protest puppets are always funny.
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Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always had a personal relationship with someone in the company.
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