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books either readers respond
I write the books I want to write, and readers will either respond or not respond. Nick Hornby
boost confidence count fall final last today week
Last week we had one fall that didn't count in our final score. Today we didn't even fall once. I can't say enough how big of a confidence boost that is.
book reading age
In the electronic age, books, words and reading are not likely to remain sufficiently authoritative and central to knowledge to justify literature. Bill Vaughan
book thinking doe
The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly. Bill Vaughan
book
I never thought I would just be doing Arkady books. Bill Vaughan
book greek bed
I've got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans. Bill Vaughan
book ideas people
Most people - and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all - are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right. Bill Vaughan
book iron long
You'll accidentally find in barrows of books wrought-iron lines of long-buried poems, handle them with the care that respects ancient but terrible weapons.. . Bill Vaughan
book reading understanding
The guru, if he is gifted, reads the story as any bilingual person might. He does not translate-he understands. Bill Vaughan
book son cutting
My son, who's on the spectrum is a very rigid thinker. He needs clear-cut definitions of right and wrong. Anything hazy or gray confuses him. For instance, if I try to get him to see that a friend behaved badly, he'll often get upset with me because a friend is a 'good guy' by definition, in his book. Bill Vaughan
book writing library
I really enjoy going to a library and spending the day doing research - to me that is the most pleasurable part of writing the science book. Bill Bryson
book successful firsts
The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me to do more. Bill Bryson
book pride use
Anyone who has read my books will know that I don't tend to use guides when I am travelling. It's not a pride thing, but it is certainly a fact. Bill Bryson
book rocks looks
Carnegie Hall is as good as they say it is. It's not like Stonehenge which looks great in books but then you go there and it's a pile of rocks next to a highway. There's actually a highway right next to it, but you don't see that in pictures. Bill Burr
book reading waffles
The waitress comes over to me like, 'What'chu readin' for?' I had never been asked that. Not 'What am I reading?' but 'What am I reading for?' Goddammit, you stumped me. Hmm, why do I read? I suppose I read for a lot of reasons, one of the main ones being so I don't end up being a... waffle waitress. Bill Hicks
book men he-man
Beware the man of the single book Bertrand Russell
book law giving
If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it. Bertrand Russell
book writing thinking
It appeared that after first contemplating a book on some subject, and after giving serious preliminary attention to it, I needed a period of subconscious incubation which could not be hurried and was if anything impeded by deliberate thinking.... Having, by a time of very intense concentration, planted the problem in my subconsciousness, it would germinate underground until, suddenly, the solution emerged with a blinding clarity, so that it only remained to write down what happened as if in a revelation. Bertrand Russell
book greatness boring
All great books contain boring portions, and all great lives have contained uninteresting stretches. Bertrand Russell
book reading night
It is impossible to read in America, except on a train, because of the telephone. Everyone has a telephone, and it rings all day and most of the night. Bertrand Russell
boots sound argument
Great God in Boots! – the ontological argument is sound! Bertrand Russell
booth people
The alligator's popular. We're the only Cajun booth out here, and people like Cajun food. Joan Anderson
booth people
The alligator's popular, ... We're the only Cajun booth out here, and people like Cajun food. Joan Anderson
boost gave
That was huge. That gave us a boost of confidence.
boost direction huge step
That would be a huge boost to get this one under our belt. It would really get us in the right direction of where we need to go. One step closer.
books books-and-reading formula history melbourne period points popular
That whole 10-day period in Melbourne 2002 will go down in the history books as the most popular two points ever scored in Formula One.
boost compete gave huge win
That was a huge win for us. It gave us a real boost to know that we could compete at that level. Bryan Williams
boost gives match
That was pretty exciting. It gives you another boost of adrenaline. If they would have done that before my match I would have probably killed him.
books bring charge people
That's the kind of motif I bring to the books - that people take charge of their own lives. Maeve Binchy
books breeding good ground record year
That's been a really good breeding ground for them this year ... It's one for the record books for sure. Steve Miller
book continue extent good grateful imagined known popular sure touched
I was pretty sure when we made the first 'Carl' book that we had a good idea, but I couldn't have imagined how popular Carl would become. I continue to be grateful for and touched by the extent to which he is known and loved.
book crashing found onto opposite people reading thrown train
I was reading a book and found myself crashing into the person opposite me. The train was going over and over and over, and people were thrown onto the floor.
boost great jobs kids start thinking
I think a lot of times kids misunderstand how jobs are done, so I think this is a great boost for everyone to start thinking about their careers.