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I consider everywhere I go research, so you will be reading about the Bahamas in a future novel! That's because I like to take my readers with me!

Quote by Jackie Collins about research, future, contentment

When I am writing it's a very lonely life, and I love getting onto my website and reading the letters from people.

Quote by Jackie Collins about writing, love, life, people

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...

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about students, mathematics, school

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

If I'm not afraid when I'm reading a script, that means I know I've done it before. If I read something and think, Wow, I can't play this part, then I want to play it more.

Quote by Linda Fiorentino

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.

Quote by William Godwin about trains, education, thinking

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

Quote by William Godwin

Nabokov is required reading in high school and college. It's unbelievable that there would be such a backlash against this movie.

Quote by Melanie Griffith about school

The video directors, they're all good, I guess. But they tend... they tend to be real control freaks because they want every shot perfect and they want your performance perfect and they want to give you every line reading.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about perfection, real estate, good, good luck, contentment

Before I went off to North Carolina, I was reading a lot of directors' books, among them my father's autobiography. Because there's a very good chapter about the technicalities of filmmaking in that book.

Quote by Anjelica Huston about film, books, good, good luck

The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table.

Quote by Mick Jagger about love, life

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole Life to reading my works.

Quote by James Joyce about life

My girlfriend always laughs during sex - no matter what she is reading.

Quote by Steve Jobs about sex

Your buddies who were reading the paper at the nurses' desk a minute ago always disappear when you need help.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, help, need, contentment

A timer reading showing a negative number proves that cowboys really can go faster than the speed of light which makes Einstein a waddy.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, speed, numbers, light

One mother is company, two is a psychic reading, three is a hen party, four is a bridge club.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about mother, companies

Although reading the classics in Latin in school may be not as fulfilling as it would be at a more mature age, few scientists can afford the time for such diversion later in life.

Quote by George Andrew Olah about school, age, olderness, time, life

Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum.

Quote by Joe Orton about encouragement, police

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.

Quote by Luciano Pavarotti about music, love

It makes me believe in fate, in most cases, the readings where I've been really bad have usually been the ones where I got the part.

Quote by Robin Wright Penn about destiny, bad luck, faith, bad