#book

I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood. ↗

— Billy Joel

#because #books #boxing #drawn #got

With literature, sometimes a book is presented in the media as being say, a Muslim story or an African story, when essentially it's a universal story which we can all relate to it, no matter what race or social background we come from. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#background #being #book #come #essentially

I didn't read the book on how to be a well-adjusted celebrity. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#celebrity #how #i #read #well-adjusted

There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be read or viewed with pleasure by adults, then it has the chance to be a great children's film, or a great children's book. ↗

— Chuck Jones

#chance #children #film #great #only

I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession. ↗

— Nafisa Joseph

#book #closed #eyes #focused #gandhi

The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people. ↗

— Hamid Karzai

#hearts #holy #holy book #humiliation #implanted

Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler - I recommend you read anything you might find about her and if you have anyone interested in theatre, you get them one of her books. ↗

— Harvey Keitel

#adler #anyone #anything #books #find

It's one thing you aspire to: someday, you'll be able to write a book. ↗

— Thomas Keller

#aspire #book #one thing #someday #thing

I stole comic books from my brother when I was a kid, but I was never like an avid fan. I can't claim to be like a comic book geek. ↗

— Anna Kendrick

#book #books #brother #claim #comic

I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#after #books #did #died #doing