Quotes about reading
reading book men
But if you have a book that needs urgent reading,' she said, 'then Hakim is your man. Khaled Hosseini
reading people attention
Probably the single most commen response I get from my readesr, be it through e-mails or letters, is that they did not know much, or at times, they're quite frank, they didn't care much about Afghanistan. But they pay attention more after reading these novels, and at times it has triggered this humaitarian spirt: some have donated money or at time times, people have joined humatiarian organizations that work in Afghanistan.
reading imaginative active
Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work.
reading writing years
About a year ago I got really exhausted from reading bad scripts and I know that I am a writer and that I have stories to tell, so I thought, 'Let's do this!' So I'm co-writing a screenplay now with another screenwriter and loving it. Absolutely loving it. And I would like to be the producer on the project and of course the lead is me. Kerry Washington
reading book argument
Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading. Jonathan Swift
reading my-family hanging-out
I like reading, going to the gym, hanging out with my family. That's it. Jonathan Rhys Meyers
reading people accomplishment
I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things. Jonathan Safran Foer
reading perspective decision
I started reading the works of Swami Vivekananda. That gave me courage and a vision, it sharpened and deepened my sensitivities and gave me a new perspective and a direction in life. I decided to dedicate myself to others and till date I am continuing to follow that decision. Narendra Modi
reading play people
People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful. Napoleon Bonaparte
reading incomplete incompetent
Failure to grasp centrifugal meaning is incomplete reading; failure to grasp centripetal meaning is incompetent reading. Northrop Frye
reading succeed ends
Those who do succeed in reading the Bible from beginning to end will discover that at least it has a beginning and an end, and some traces of a total structure.
reading writing cutting
I'm a provincial. I live very much like a hermit: reading, listening to music, working in the cutting room, writing, commercial work - which doesn't take up that much time. Orson Welles
reading thinking diaries
I very much enjoy reading other writers' diaries, mainly because it makes me ask myself: Are they like you? How do they think? Orhan Pamuk
reading people choices
If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down to my taste. It is about people you have worked with before. Olivia Colman
reading writing musical
In terms of brain development, musical performance is every bit as important educationally as reading or writing. Oliver Sacks
reading writing fiction
I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time. Octavia Butler
reading book cinema
I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape. Michael Caine
reading book library
I spent my life in the library reading books.
reading
While we are reading, we are all Don Quixote. Mason Cooley
reading ethos pathos
Reading more than life teaches us to recognize ethos and pathos.
reading civilized inner-life
Reading civilized the inner life.
reading book causes
Reading a great book causes jolts and frights.
reading privacy aliens
The privacy of reading frees us to entertain the alien.
reading promise library
If you do not throw in a few promises of better things to come, gloomy one, I am going to take you back to the library.
reading mind body
What I eat turns into my body. What I read turns into my mind.
reading library mausoleum
Readers transform a library from a mausoleum into many theaters.
reading found ifs
If I had found the words I was looking for, I would not have read so much.
reading giving places-to-go
Reading gives you some place to go when you have to stay where you are.
reading writing thinking
There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.
reading flip heroin
Reading is socially accepted disassociation. You flip a switch and you’re not there anymore. It’s better than heroin. More effective and cheaper and legal. Mary Karr
reading balance facts
It sounds extraordinary, but it's a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading. Mary Archer
reading writing tired
Anyway GONE. My goal in writing GONE To creep you out. To make you stay up all night reading then roll into school tired the next day so that you totally blow the big test and end up dropping out of school. GONE. Imagine a world where every adult vanishes in an instant. Michael Grant
reading looks news
I'm a news junkie who's constantly reading newspapers and magazines. I look around and see what's happening in the world. Michael Franti