#read

I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#back #been #career #had #i

Unlike many graduate fellowships, the Rhodes seeks leaders who will 'fight the world's fight.' They must be more than mere bookworms. We are looking for students who wonder, students who are reading widely, students of passion who are driven to make a difference in the lives of those around them and in the broader world. ↗

— Heather Wilson

#broader #difference #driven #fight #graduate

I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books. ↗

— Rainn Wilson

#books #go #i #i love #like

I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#dread #forward #i #look #optimism

And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure out the tip on a restaurant bill, I might start to tear up a little bit. ↗

— Thomas Wilson

#because #bill #bit #figure #i

Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#business #daily #daily bread #empty #empty stomach

I can't understand why people so readily put themselves up to be humiliated. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#i #people #put #readily #themselves

Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That's what you need to be an artist or storyteller. ↗

— Terri Windling

#folklore #galleries #go #masters #need

Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that. ↗

— Marie Windsor

#already #director #enough #having #insecure

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#beyond #books #conquer #discovered #farm