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Mr. Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right.

Quote by Winston Churchill about thinking, rightness

What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy?

Quote by Princess Diana

However, I survived and started to read all chemistry books that I could get a hand on, first some 19th century books from our home library that did not provide much reliable information, and then I emptied the rather extensive city library.

Quote by Richard Ernst about books, city, home

I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated.

Quote by Glenn Close about wife, thinking

Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts.

Quote by Jackie Collins about essential

I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book.

Quote by Jackie Collins about inspiration, idea

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read.

Quote by Jackie Collins about literary critic, rightness

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

Quote by Jackie Collins about books, people

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

Quote by Bill Gates about dream, chance

I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character.

Quote by Dennis Farina about character

When you read about a jewelry robbery or a fine art robbery that goes off successfully, there are many more that don't go off.

Quote by Dennis Farina about art, magic, contentment

I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

I was only interested in my scene, and I had to go through thousands and thousands of other scenes. I got my scene and I read it many, many, many, many, many times. That was my research.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about research

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

Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.

Quote by William Godwin about genius, spirit

But I did love stories. I love fairy tales and I love spooky stories. Anything with a good 25 to 30-minute brain trip for me to go on. I still like to be read to.

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about fairy tales, brain, love, good, good luck

I often wondered why I didn't get a chance to read for certain parts, but then I was pretty much a rebellious character in Hollywood once I figured out people were only interested in deals.

Quote by Peter Fonda about chance, character, people

When I read Housekeeping, it wasn't from the point of filming. It was months and months later that the idea of making it into a movie caught.

Quote by Bill Forsyth about idea

It's really important to remember that most people in the public eye are human for a start and a lot of things that you read in the media get slightly misconstrued and manipulated.

Quote by Geri Halliwell about public, human imperfections, things, people, contentment

For my wrap present, Colin Farrell gave me a first edition book. I got so involved with this character and I was so sad when the movie was over that when I got home and I tried to read the book I got really emotional and I started crying.

Quote by Salma Hayek about present, home, character