„My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table.“

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— Brandon Sanderson

Quelle: The Final Empire

Letzte Aktualisierung 3. Juni 2021.

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US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller 1975

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„From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.“

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— Benjamin Franklin American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, a… 1706 - 1790

Part I, p. 9.
The Autobiography (1818)

„Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine; —& they are the life, the soul of reading; — take them out of this book for instance, — you might as well take the book along with them.“

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— Laurence Sterne, buch The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Book I, Ch. 22.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)

„My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading.“

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— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer 1797 - 1851

Quelle: Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus

„I'm sitting at the dinner table, wearing my future mother-in-law's underwear. It's like some twisted dream that you wake up and thinkL Crikey Moses! Thank God that didn't really happen!“

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— Sophie Kinsella, buch I've Got Your Number

Quelle: I've Got Your Number

„I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.“

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— Oscar Wilde, buch Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

Quelle: The Picture of Dorian Gray

„Pray thee, take care, that tak'st my book in hand,
To read it well: that is, to understand.“

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— Ben Jonson English writer 1572 - 1637

I, To The Reader, lines 1-2
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616), Epigrams

„Other dads actually sat at the dinner table. Mine left me a fifty and a reminder to do my goddamn katas.“

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— Lilith Saintcrow, buch Strange Angels

Quelle: Strange Angels

„I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.“

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— Oscar Levant American comedian, composer, pianist and actor 1906 - 1972

As quoted in Memorable Quotations: Jewish Writers of the Past (2005) edited by Carol A. Dingle.

„Unlike many of my contemporaries, I never write books for my fellow professors to read. I have no interest in the academic audience at all. I'm interested in Joe Doakes. A general audience can read any book I write – and they do.“

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— Mortimer J. Adler American philosopher and educator 1902 - 2001

Quelle: F.N. D'Alession. " Philosopher, reformer Mortimer Adler, father of 'Great Books' program, dies at 98 http://lubbockonline.com/stories/062901/upd_075-4286.shtml#.VVHE0_ntmko." at lubbockonline.com, June 29, 2001.

„I endeavor to take things as they come with cheerfulness, and when I cannot get a dinner to suit my taste, I endeavor to get a taste to suit my dinner.“

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— Washington Irving writer, historian and diplomat from the United States 1783 - 1859

Letter to William Irving, Jr., about his positive attitude acquired while traveling in Europe.
Quelle: Washington Irving to William Irving Jr., September 20, 1804, Works 23:90.

„I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day.“

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— Louisa May Alcott American novelist 1832 - 1888

„[On book reviewing] I will only turn down a book if I know I won't be able to muster enough interest to read the bloody thing. Or if I realize that I despise the author, and that I'm just going to become hysterical in my dispraise. A couple of times in my life I've disobeyed my own rule, and later regretted it. […] It's a delicate business. All too often, if one writes a favorable notice, it's seen as a product of the old-boy network, and if one dispraises a book, it's seen as envy. Nobody seems able to accept that I review books as a book reviewer, not as a competing novelist. When I review, I'm being as honest as I can. And I'm saying to the reading public — the minuscule segment of the reading public that reads reviews — that this is my judgment.“

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— John Banville Irish writer 1945

John Banville, The Art of Fiction No. 200 (2009)

„I'm not this crazy drunk guy you see on 'SuperGroup'. I like to be mellow sometimes. I like to read a lot, and I'm actually starting to write my first book. I have read so many books and now I'm trying to document this specific tour, because it is fascinating!“

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— Sebastian Bach Canadian singer 1968

Chico Enterprise Record http://www.chicoer.com/buzz/ci_4825293 (December 12, 2006)

„(Man at dinner table) Bet you don't know what a male swan is called. (Woman at dinner table) Sure I do. A swine.“

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— Nicole Hollander Cartoonist 1939

Quelle: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 71

„I'm 'bout to bless the world again
Got chickens drippin', wishin' with my pen
Gonna sell millions on top of millions
I'm just gonna blow“

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— Eamon (singer) American singer 1984

Lyrics, Love & Pain (2006)

„Now, the smoke fills the air
In this honky-tonk bar.
And I'm thinking 'bout where I'd rather be.
But I burned all my bridges;
I sank all my ships.
And I'm stranded at the edge of the sea.“

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— James Taylor American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1948

"Bartender's Blues"
Song lyrics, JT (1977)

„Well, I'm not talkin' bout locking down forever, baby.
That would be too demanding.
I'm just talkin' bout two lonely people
Who might reach a little understanding.
I'm not talkin' bout knocking out heaven
with whether we're wrong or we're right.
I'm not talkin' bout hooking up and hanging out,
I'm just talkin' bout tonight.“

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— Toby Keith American country music singer and actor 1961

I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight, written with Scotty Emerick)
Song lyrics, Pull My Chain (2001)

„What can we see, read, acquire, but ourselves. Take the book, my friend, and read your eyes out, you will never find there what I find.“

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— Ralph Waldo Emerson American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803 - 1882

„I'm so fancy,
You already know.
I'm in the fast lane,
From L. A. to Tokyo.
I'm so fancy,
Can't you taste this gold?
Remember my name, 'bout to blow.“

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— Iggy Azalea Australian rapper 1990

Fancy, written by Amethyst Kelly, Charlotte Aitchison, Kurtis Mckenzie, George Astasio, Jon Shave, and Jason Pebworth.
Song lyrics, The New Classic (2014)

„Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death.“

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— John Green, buch The Fault in Our Stars

Hazel Grace Lancaster, p. 3 (opening words)
The Fault in Our Stars (2012)

„My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table.“

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