#book

At each of these northern posts there were interesting experiences in store for me, as one who had read all the books of northern travel and dreamed for half a lifetime of the north; and that was - almost daily meeting with famous men. ↗

— Ernest Thompson Seton

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I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the writer and the place he's writing about. I think, you just can't move them about, you know. ↗

— Peter Shaffer

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It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've been there and by the same logic I refuse to accept any technical stunts from anybody. I refused to learn more than I knew and I confess I missed a great deal. ↗

— Ben Shahn

#after #any #anybody #anywhere #been

At least I'm at peace with myself. I have done my best to write a book about what really happened there and why it happened and it's done, it's published. I won't write another book on Vietnam. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

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The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

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His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world. ↗

— William Shenstone

#degree #diminished #had #his #knowledge

Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler. ↗

— Pope Shenouda III

#accepted #book #civil #civil disobedience #disobedience

You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#applied #because #being #believe #book

I made the mistake of thinking that external accomplishments would bring me peace. I thought it was about the job or a book or making a name for myself. ↗

— Maria Shriver

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I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar. ↗

— Bill Sienkiewicz

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