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Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed is the canvassing of those who have not so far been won to the cause.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about literature, peace, good, good luck

I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world.

Quote by Russell Baker about poetry, world

I gave up on new poetry myself thirty years ago, when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens on a hostile world.

Quote by Russell Baker about poetry, world

And God knows I needed to be forgiven. So I had to forgive everybody. And then God - as I read in the word, you're supposed to pray for your enemies. Try that one on.

Quote by Jim Bakker about pray, god, enemies, word, contentment

Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.

Quote by Bruce Barton about hope, contentment

I've been looking for good material, good roles. I really want to produce my own material because I am frustrated by the material I read.

Quote by Armand Assante about good, good luck

People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech. ' They're changed. Trust me.

Quote by George W. Bush about example, idea, people, time, contentment

You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

Quote by George W. Bush about tests, children, contentment

If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about companies

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about world

I was always able to understand my friend who decided to quit smoking and who, through an effort of will, succeeded in doing so. One morning, he opened the newspaper, read that the first H- bomb had exploded, found out about the bomb's admirable...

Quote by Albert Camus about humor, smokers

As soon as I read that, it clicked: that's my theater of war. It was exciting to think that I could write about World War Two from a totally new place.

Quote by Michael Chabon about war, world

I hope it will appeal to people who haven't read the other books or people who thought they wouldn't be interested in them.

Quote by Michael Chabon about haven, books, hope, people, thinking

I like giving readers an opportunity to get a hold of me in that way and to read things I've written which might disappear otherwise.

Quote by Michael Chabon about chance, things

I was a big comics reader when I was a kid, from about six to fifteen. I collected them, I read them, I even created my own characters in comics.

Quote by Michael Chabon

It was an incredible resource. I'd sit with a big stack of bound New Yorkers in the library and read through, especially the 'Talk of the Town' sections.

Quote by Michael Chabon about city

I just read that 81 percent of Americans are ready to vote for a woman. So it sounds like America is ready.

Quote by Geena Davis about americans, woman

So often people think, when they read an interview, that they're going to be touched by that person. The person is doing it because they're trying to sell something.

Quote by Julie Christie about man, people, commerce

The '70s was a lost time for me. I looked at different religious or spiritual leaders. I read a lot of books with a Buddhist background.

Quote by Julie Christie about books, time

What you do with it and things like that, but I basically chose this after I read it because I thought it was different and funny and unique and dark - things that I like to do.

Quote by Danny DeVito about dark, things, thinking, contentment