#lis

We were supposed to be an English literature class, but Miss Nesbitt used literature to teach real life. She said she didn't have time to teach us like a regular English teacher--we were too far behind. Instead, she taught us the world through literature. ↗

— Phillip M. Hoose

#high-school #literature #teaching #life

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you - it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists. ↗

— Philip Roth

#assure #cannot #discretion #easier #i

When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it. ↗

— Philip Roth

#edits #publish #world #you

I always knew I'd accomplish something very special - like robbing a bank perhaps. ↗

— Mickey Rourke

#always #bank #i #i always #knew

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#election #english #free #members #only

We will not play with inflation. We are living a delicate moment. President Obama spoke to me today about the high unemployment affecting the United States. In this crisis period, when the developed nations are not recovering, it's prudent to maintain the established inflation target. ↗

— Dilma Rousseff

#affecting #crisis #delicate #developed #established

I'm kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening. ↗

— Brandon Routh

#i #kind #less #listening #looking

I don't need to publish to make a living. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#living #make #need #publish

My parents, particularly my father, had been used by commentators, political journalists and political commentators, to attack me, and the collateral damage was the reputations of my father and my mother. ↗

— Karl Rove

#been #collateral #commentators #damage #father

Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon. ↗

— Karl Rove

#establishment #nixon #nor #party #reagan