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Book Quotes
Why books work the way they do.
This page highlights what books can do that film can't, including slower pacing and quiet stretches, alongside a reminder that some things simply translate poorly to screen. For a companion collection, see Books.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated into more than 30 languages. It appears on reading lists from business schools to yoga retreats. Rabbis, priests and imams have quoted from it in their sermons.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I fall asleep everywhere! Someone recently asked if they could publish a book of pictures of me sleeping because there are so many.
- Legend
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Marrying Season' is the final book in the 'Legend of St. Dwynwen' series, and in each of the three books, a small village church in the Cotswolds plays a significant role.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I began work on my first book, 'The River of Doubt,' which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt's 1914 descent of an unmapped river in the Amazon rainforest, I thought of it as a tale of adventure, exploration and extraordinary courage.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that there are still mainstream print media outlets willing to devote precious pages to book coverage at all is a triumph we should all be celebrating.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I wrote 'The Assistants,' I knew very much that I wanted to write about income inequality and student loan debt and the gender wage gap, but I wanted to put it in a really slick, fun package. That book ended up being described as a socially conscious novel in chick-lit clothing.
- Book Tour
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being on a book tour is a lot easier than reporting.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Webster and I are very aloof. The two of us go and sit there by ourselves. I sit by myself in the corner with my book and the newspaper. He kind of runs around a little bit, and then he goes and sits on top of the picnic table. He never plays with other little dogs.
- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote my first book at eight, all of four pages. At 10, I did a 40-page story. At 12, I wrote two stage plays.
- Great Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't go into Oklahoma without thinking about Larry Clark's photography book 'Tulsa.' It's a great book about how life works.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
The era of 'The Jungle Book' was when the animators were at the top of their game and their sense of character was great.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.
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- Nov 07, 2020