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One of the more fatuous remarks I've heard in recent days is that 'My Life,' Clinton's autobiography, is too long and, at almost 1,000 pages, short it is not. But this man was for eight years the President of the most powerful country on earth. Alastair Campbell
there was another reason [she] took her books whenever they went away. they were her home when she was somewhere strange. they were familiar voices, friends that never quarreled with her, clever, powerful friends -- daring and knowledgeable, tried and tested adventurers who had traveled far and wide. her books cheered her up when she was sad and kept her from being bored Cornelia Funke
Our debt is out of control. What was a fiscal challenge is now a fiscal crisis. We cannot deny it; instead we must, as Americans, confront it responsibly. And that is exactly what Republicans pledge to do. Paul Ryan
Horace quote: "He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a..."
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little. Horace
Raymond Chandler quote: "The flood of print has turned reading into a process of..."
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring. Raymond Chandler
If a kiss could be seen I think it would look like a violet,' said Priscilla. Anne glowed. 'I'm so glad you spoke that thought, Priscilla, instead of just thinking it and keeping it to yourself. This world would be a much more interesting place…although it is very interesting, anyhow…if people spoke out their real thoughts. L. M. Montgomery
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "The most beautiful adventures are not those we go to seek."
The most beautiful adventures are not those we go to seek. Robert Louis Stevenson
Larry Hovis quote: "I had to be sure we were doing something tasteful."
I had to be sure we were doing something tasteful. Larry Hovis
The public is a great actuality, like war. If you are a creative and creating artist, you cannot ignore it, though it can ignore you. Arnold Bennett
Henry George quote: "There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in..."
There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism. Henry George
It is for this reason that rationality is of supreme importance to the well-being of the human species...even more, in those less fortunate times in which it is despised and rejected as the vain dream of men who lack the virility to kill where they cannot agree. Bertrand Russell
We shall trespass upon your aunt and uncle's hospitality only a little longer.' You will, will you?' Yes,' said Dumbledore simply, 'I shall. J. K. Rowling
I am always glad when any of my books can be put into an inexpensive edition, because I like to think that any people who might wish to read them can do so. Surely books ought to be within reach of everybody. Pearl S. Buck
Maureen O'Hara quote: "I don't remember having a crush on a boy when I was a girl. I..."
I don't remember having a crush on a boy when I was a girl. I don't even remember my first kiss. Maureen O'Hara
Not one of your pertinent ancestors was squashed, devoured, drowned, starved, stranded, stuck fast, untimely wounded, or otherwise deflected from its life's quest of delivering a tiny charge of genetic material to the right partner at the right moment in order to perpetuate the only possible sequence of hereditary combinations that could result -- eventually, astoundingly, and all too briefly -- in you. Bill Bryson