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It makes me believe in fate, in most cases, the readings...

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

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and...

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.

Quote by William Penn about books, reason, mind, world

Along with my parents insistence, soon internalized, that...

Along with my parents insistence, soon internalized, that I do very well in school, went my love of reading and my love of mechanics.

Quote by Martin Lewis Perl about parents, school, love

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a...

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

Quote by Mark Twain about books, death, contentment

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne about literature, writing

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be...

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.

Quote by Antonin Artaud about poetry, poets

Don't ask who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the...

Don't ask who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.

Quote by George Seferis about attitude, life

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.

Quote by Pablo Neruda about books, help, beauty, truth, thinking, contentment

I have every sympathy with the American who was so...

I have every sympathy with the American who was so horrified by what he had read of the effects of smoking that he gave up reading.

HQuote by Henry George Strauss about irony, smokers, americans

Sometimes, when I don’t feel like reading, I like to think of the books in my library as I do the stars in the sky. There’s something about just looking at them that does the mind good.

Quote by Mark Amend about books, celebrity, stars, sky, mind, good, good luck

Raves to Right WordsThey are the experts in literary works. I trust them from morning to dusk. I thank you for all that you do. The autumn season is in full swing herd. Leaves are falling everywhere. I find peace that God grant me through...

Quote by Eleanor R. Hampton about poetry, contentment, autumn, word, season, literary critic, rightness, sun, writing, peace

When reading we are not looking for new ideas, but...

When reading we are not looking for new ideas, but thoughts already thought of by us, which acquire a seal of confirmation on the page.

Quote by Cesare Pavese about thinking

Read as much as you can. Nothing will help you as much as...

Read as much as you can. Nothing will help you as much as reading

Quote by Joanne K. Rowling about advice

Much reading after a certain age diverts the mind too...

Much reading after a certain age diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits.

Quote by Albert Einstein about wisdom

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