#story books

It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass. ↗

— Eudora Welty

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I read all the time... I read a lot of history books. ↗

— Mickey Spillane

#history #history books #i #lot #read

If you think you have it tough, read history books. ↗

— Bill Maher

#history #history books #read #story books #think

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. ↗

— Anatole France

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It is over with; I am in the history books. ↗

— Michael Moorer

#books #history #history books #i #i am

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

#books #history #history books #life #life is a

When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history. ↗

— Dave Foley

#american history #books #canadian #history #history books

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. ↗

— Moliere

#blunders #books #dancing #failures #fill

We all had to learn Southern accents. It wasn't a big research show. With the 'Wounded Knee' project, I locked myself in my apartment with history books so I would know what we're talking about. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#accents #apartment #big #books #had

I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing. ↗

— Richard Rorty

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