#read

So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job. ↗

— Monica Lewinsky

#because #been #during #gone #government

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#christian #eating #go #higher #his

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#cannot #careful #his #man #reading

Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#elsewhere #escapes #human #human race #iniquity

If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they might hang on. It's dreadful. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#dreadful #half #hang #interest #might

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step towards it. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#means #outside #piece #remain #step

But a true diva has dismissed that drama. A true diva's heart is open, and she's ready to play by her own rules - rules that are gentle and kind. ↗

— Jenifer Lewis

#diva #drama #gentle #heart #her

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

#everywhere #news #newspapers #people #read

As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were about sports, like books about Baseball Joe, as one baseball hero was called. ↗

— Robert Jay Lifton

#anything #baseball #books #called #else

People can only do what they are ready to do when they are ready to do it. ↗

— Judith Light

#people #ready