Amor Towles Quotes

I had read Harold Bloom's 'Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?' Late in his life, having read everything, Bloom asked which books had given him wisdom. I had just read a bunch of contemporary novels that had no wisdom for me.

Amor Towles

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America cannot function if we are a society fueled by riots.

Meghan McCain

SocietyAmericaCannotFunction

I don't just want to be that guy who throws hard.

Matt Cain

WantHardGuyJustWhoThrows

I really liked Glasgow. I really liked living there for a year. It's a very fun city, and it has a lot to offer young people who are interested in music and art. It's a very creative city.

Sonoya Mizuno

MusicArtCreativeFunPeopleCity

Jacqueline Woodson's books are such a gift to parents and children for their poignant subtlety and lyricism and their willingness to let a reader dwell in the pangs of realization that we sometimes try to protect our children from.

Tracy K. Smith

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I can't speak for other artists; every group has a different approach. For us, it will always be important to keep working hard, dancing better, writing better songs, touring, and setting an example.

RM

WritingSpeakBetterImportantGroup

I started my first company when I was 18 and learned by trial through fire, having no formal education or entrepreneurial experience.

Rob Dyrdek

EducationExperienceFireFirst

At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hongkong, the British Crown Colony, will be restored to China. This is not only an event which will be celebrated by patriotic Chinese; any patriotic American should celebrate it as well.

Robert Trout

CelebrateAmericanCrownWillChina

Every time there's a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing.

Mike Tyson

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I like to travel any chance I get, even if it's just a local vacation to San Diego or Palm Springs or wherever. I just like to get out and do stuff and see the world.

Christa B. Allen

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But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster.

Brian Lumley

RomanticMeCrazyEvilSayMonster

As a kid, I watched a lot of TV.

Ari Graynor

KidTVWatchedLot

Anytime you get an opportunity to put more fun into the game, that's good. I've got a lot of positive energy.

Antonio Brown

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