477 Quotes About Books-and-reading

  • Author Joshua Slocum
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    Evening after evening during this time I read by the light of a candle on deck. There was no wind at all, and the sea became smooth and monotonous.

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  • Author Larry Sabato
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    They violated every rule in the book. I've studied feeding frenzies. This is a classic feeding frenzy, and it was created in part by their inability to get the news out. You have to tell the truth, and you need to get the facts out completely as soon as possible. This was a public-relations disaster because they didn't do that.

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  • Author Mariano Sancho
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    The decline in oil is helping the market. People seem to want to close their annual books fully invested. There are more reasons to buy than not.

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  • Author Mats Sundin
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    That shot is going into the history books and it's fitting he scored it because he's probably been our best player through the whole tournament.

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  • Author Nicholas Sparks
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    Having the book sell out of stores is far and away the most difficult step of all. Walk into a bookstore these days and scan the shelves. Thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of books, are competing with yours and the front of the store is dominated by brand-name authors.

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