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Reading Books Quotes (page 5)

For life is practically a battle. To all intents and purposes a battle. Except for a few lucky fellows who can read books, and so avoid the realities. E. M. Forster
Neil Gaiman quote: "He would go somewhere no one knew him, and he would sit in a..."
He would go somewhere no one knew him, and he would sit in a library all day and read books and listen to people breathing. Neil Gaiman
An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only...The re-reader is looking not for actual surprises (which can come only once) but for a certain surprisingness. The point has often been misunderstood. . .In the only sense that matters the surprise works as well the twentieth time as the first. It is the quality of unexpectedness, not the fact that delights us. C. S. Lewis
Oscar Wilde quote: "I am too fond of reading books to care to write them."
I am too fond of reading books to care to write them. Oscar Wilde
Haruki Murakami quote: "I like to read books. I like to listen to music."
I like to read books. I like to listen to music. Haruki Murakami
When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations. Paul Merton
Eva Mendes quote: "I'm very comfortable with myself and my sexuality, but it..."
I'm very comfortable with myself and my sexuality, but it doesn't define me. I also read books believe it or not. Eva Mendes
Alexander McQueen quote: "I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from..."
I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12. Alexander McQueen
Hans-Georg Gadamer quote: "I basically only read books that are over 2,000 years old."
I basically only read books that are over 2,000 years old. Hans-Georg Gadamer
I did the traditional thing with falling in love with words, reading books and underlining lines I liked and words I didn't know. It was something I always did. Carrie Fisher
Bob Dylan quote: "In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of..."
In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall. Bob Dylan
If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he might not fully understand it. Manuel Puig
I think there's a great difference in consciousness in that same way in that when we're young we read books for the story, for the excitement of the story - and there comes a time when you realise that all stories are more or less the same story. John McGahern
It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field. Stephen Covey
I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do. Jack Vance

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