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“In terms of a short story, I'd like a more horrific/bad ending. In terms of longer stories, fans usually get emotionally attached to characters when reading long form. If I know that's the case, I want to end it on a good note, so people don't end up hating it. For me personally, I prefer short stories and ending it in a horrifying way because I'm also good at it.”
Junji Ito (born 1963) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview: Horror Manga Mastermind Junji Ito (September 17, 2019)
“Reading sheds light on our dark path ahead. By traveling into the past, I enhance my grasp of the present.”
Jim Mattis (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Reading seeks for the sweetness of a blessed life, meditation perceives it, prayer asks for it, contemplation tastes it.”
Guigo II (1114–1193) said by 1193 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What is the use of spending one's time in continuous reading, turning the pages of the lives and sayings of holy men, unless we can extract nourishment from them by chewing and digesting this food so that its strength can pass into our inmost heart?”
Guigo II (1114–1193) said by 1193 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t spend all day reading the newspapers. It can get hold of you as poisonously as the television, if you once let it.”
Robert Aickman (1914–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's a matter of experience. I've done a lot of learning. I used to buy a lot of fashion magazines and see all the poses of the girls. I'd buy Sports Illustrated and see the specific poses and how girls look better and the best angles – it's like reading up on material for a test and learning what's good. Look at pictures of yourself and learn lights. It's a matter of exercise.”
Bar Refaeli (born 1985) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bar Refaeli interview: Body and beauty secrets" cosmopolitan (June 6, 2013)
“It's been a dream working with a bunch of guys who all love Batman, and have been reading the comics for years. We're staying true to the essence of Batman, but also trying to give it our own spin.”
Jeff Matsuda (born 1970) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jeff Matsuda update (February 9, 2004)
“West points out that early in the nineteenth century, the British government was quite upset about the number of working-class people who were reading political literature. The government, writes West, took ‘fiscal and legal action against the spread of newspapers, especially those critical of government.’”
David R. Henderson (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One thing I discovered, when I was doing reading for this [collection], is that one of the roots of the word wonder means to smile. Wonder is wanting to know more about others, with a smile. It’s that joy. And I don’t know if this sounds Pollyannaish, but you don’t have to teach a kid to wonder…”
Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On what the word “wonder” means to her in “Aimee Nezhukumatathil: What a Wonderful World” in Kirkus Reviews (2020 Dec 2)
“In re-reading these pages I am now more than ever convinced that I have struck the right chord of condemnation, and advocated the best virtues and most valuable characteristics of women. I neither soften nor retract a line of what I have said.”
Eliza Lynn Linton (1822–1898) said by 1898 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was reading a really interesting breakdown of Dune, talking about the fractal nature of the series, and about how ideas spin off ideas, and spin off ideas, and spin off ideas ... and that the second trilogy, the only way to describe it, is Muppet Babies Dune, because everybody comes back as babies.”
Henry Zebrowski (born 1984) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Film Threat podcast live - Dune movie talk - Henry Zebrowski and Holden McNeely (May 10, 2021: 27m56s) YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjRiUBLQjZk
“Do you not know that so much reading of Scripture ruins the Catholic religion?”
Pope Paul V (1552–1621) first seen 1471 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rhetorical question to the Venetian ambassador (1606), quoted in Diarmaid MacCulloch, Reformation: Europe's House Divided 1490–1700 (2003), p. 406 and G. Fragnito, La Bibbia al rogo: la censura ecclesiastica e i volgari…
“Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.”
Giorgos Seferis (1900–1971) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Greek poet's odyssey", 17 Jan 1964, LIFE Magazine, ‎Vol. 56, No. 3, Page 75.
Also quoted by: Charles de Gaulle (misattributed)
“Whenever I look at any environmental story, whether it’s oceans, jungles, Antarctica, or the Amazon, I look at the human side to translate it in a relevant way for human beings. It makes it more relevant and compelling to people who are watching, listening, reading.”
Céline Cousteau (born 1972) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Amazon ‘Tribes on the Edge’: Q&A with documentary filmmaker Céline Cousteau (April 22, 2021)
“Our stories. We store them where moth and rust destroy. We're precious about them, no? Not because we treasure them at all, but because it's safer to hold them close. Am I reading you right? Do we have that much in common?”
Tim Winton (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the US, my makeup artist was an elderly lady. She would put on my eyeliner using reading glasses. It’s something unimaginable in Korea.”
Yunjin Kim (born 1973) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Kim Yun-jin still hungry for the next role" in The Korea Herald (30 March 2017)
“Our forefathers were backsliding for instance Simon Peter felt overburdened by Jesus issues and decided to go back and fish, such temptations still exist. There is danger in our African Church. Paul was teaching that what we are teaching cannot be seen but it has value. If we stop praising and reading the Bible to explain it, even if you give out posho and beans, it is not what God asked us to do.”
Paul Kamuza Bakyenga (1944–2023) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: African Church is facing hard times - Mbarara archbishop (April 28 2019)
“I’m always thinking about just readers in Japan. So when an English reader reads my work, it might feel funny, or sometimes the nuance might not carry through. But don’t worry about those things too much. As you continue reading the manga, I hope you’ll get to discover new excitement. That would make me really happy.”
Hitoshi Iwaaki (born 1960) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Creator Interview: Hitoshi Iwaaki on Parasyte (November 2, 2016)
“Contexts of interpretation are at least three-fold; those of writing, reception, and critical reading.”
Dominick LaCapra (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science is fun, to be a scientist, this is a fun job. What is exciting is that there is a complexity, and then it is you who can solve it by reading articles or doing experiments and put together things which maybe nobody did. Then you realise what’s going on. The joy that you were the first one to know that this is how things happens.”
Katalin Karikó (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The technology perfectly aligns with our country-wide efforts to increase digital learning, develop Rwanda’s reading and writing culture, and maximize the use of information and communications technology”
Ange Kagame (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Library for All can make a big difference in the lives of many children and young adults by encouraging the culture of reading in Rwanda.”
Ange Kagame (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This kind of accessibility will go a long ways to enhance the reading culture and boost the enthusiasm for learning starting at a young age. I am sure, we all agree that in the end In the end, knowledge is power.”
Ange Kagame (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I kept on reading, observing and reflecting on China’s political and social problems. Then in that year I suddenly felt a strong need to express my ideas. Comics is what I am good at, so I began to create political comics.”
Rebel Pepper (born 1973) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rebel with a cause: An interview with China’s most famous political cartoonist" in SAGE Journals (29 June 2016)
“I remember reading about Mae Jemison, that astronaut. That was immensely fantastic to me. This woman went to the moon!”
Juliana Rotich (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think as I grow older I am more interested in what happens in the next stage of life. And I’ve been reading a lot of stories about older men.”
Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Nigeria, her mother had said, children were always getting themselves into mischief, and surely that was better than sitting inside reading and staring into space all day.” (Part 1, Chapter 3, Page 21)”
Helen Oyeyemi (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not disputing the fact that some writers have crossed boundaries in their writings. Yes, some have gone the extra mile to be explicit. That is very, very wrong. I hope they will stop one day. But why are people only worried about Hausa novels? What about the English and other literature in which many things that shouldn’t be told are written bare! I advise parental control over reading.”
Balaraba Ramat Yakubu (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The minute you learn something, turn around and teach it to others. Share your reading list. Point to helpful reference materials. [...] Take people step-by-step through part of your process.”
Austin Kleon (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We cannot be reading about COVID-19 in the world and when you reach sections about Tanzania, one find[s] gaps. I think we need to be clearer whether we accept or not,”
Samia Suluhu Hassan (born 1960) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tanzania’s new president says it’s ‘not proper’ to ignore COVID ALJAZEERA (6 Apr 2021)
“Reading and comprehension is still an issue for 9 out of 10 children…”
Jeannette Kagame (born 1962) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: FLEX 2024: First Lady Jeannette Kagame Calls For Collective Efforts To Invest In Foundational Learning KT PRESS (November 13, 2024)
“My personal experience, my reading of history teaches me that what matters most is to have a vision and the will to execute on a clear plan. That is what I promise the Nigerian people I will bring to the office.”
Omoyele Sowore (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I studied in Botswana and in the classroom it was the reading of stories that drew me to language, not poetry specifically".”
Tjawangwa Dema (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“. I have learnt to grow up funny enough, to be mature, to invest in my craft through reading, and to be better every single day. BY Lesego Otlhabanye retrieved ( 9 July 2022)”
Khumo Kgwaadira (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Macanudo is like a schizophrenic strip so it's everything I grew up reading, like Peanuts, like Calvin And Hobbes.”
Liniers (cartoonist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m reading... Octavia, Ursula. Kiese Laymon. Mary Oliver. James Baldwin. China Mieville.”
Adrienne Maree Brown (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For someone who is just getting started, they can start with educating themselves and reading literature about environmental justice and allyship.”
Leah Thomas wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We're at a very primitive stage of mankind," Nolan declared, "that's what people don't understand. Just pick up the Times on any given day and you've got a catalogue of ape behaviour. Strip away the slogans and excuses and verbiage, the so-called ideology, and you're reading about what one pack of chimpanzees did to another.”
Robert Stone (novelist) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At p. 26 [Page numbers per the First Vintage International Edition, March 1992.]
“My personal goal in my public life is to try to replace the old pervasive stereotypes and myths about Latinas with a much more interesting set of realities. Every time I give a reading, I hope the stories I tell, the dreams and fears I examine in my work, can achieve some universal truth which will get my audience past the particulars of my skin color, my accent, or my clothes.”
Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While every intelligent man in the Union is reading and saying every day of his life that unless our children are trained to intelligence and virtue, the nation is ruined; yet there is nothing else for which so little interest is felt, or so little done”
Catharine Beecher (1800–1878) said by 1878 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had always loved writing and reading and so I decided to make a change.”
Sandra Nadege (born 2003) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I also enjoy vegetarian cooking, writing/reading prose, and spending time with family and friends. Honestly, like anyone who works for themselves, it gets difficult to find balance - especially with my international travel schedule.”
Laura Kabasomi Kakoma (born 1979) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Know yourself, listen to your heart, and take risks – singer Laura Kabasomi Kakoma The NewTimes, September 11, 2013
“You will fail miserably! If you’ve not been reading, you can’t write well.”
Eugenia Abu (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My father confused me about what it meant to become a man. From an early age, I knew I didn’t want to be anything like the man he was. PAT CONROY, My Reading Life”
Katherine Clark (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yet not everyone reading broadsheets realizes they aren’t accurate reporting, making them the internet news sites of the Victorian era.”
Kelley Armstrong (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want to suggest to the readers that taboos are not something foreign to "intellectuals" reading this piece or attending the MLA. On the contrary, the taboos within academia are probably more harmful to Lesbian women than those associated with mountaineer men in Kentucky or low class white "Americans.”
Luz María Umpierre (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’ve always found solace in being able to lose myself in a story. It fueled my imagination – my own desire to tell stories. I didn’t have brothers growing up… I didn’t have close friends, so I was left to my own devices. I took to writing, reading a lot and building Lego kits and creating my own worlds and stories.”
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (born 1972) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview: Paul Sun-Hyung Lee on Acting & Growing Up Asian and Geek" in Pop Mythology (24 January 2018)
“The issue was not just the defense of Partition, or Independence from Pakistan's vantage point, but a different reading of the past involving, among other things, the rejection of a diverse but vibrant composite-cultural and intellectual legacy.”
Mushirul Hasan (1949–2018) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mushirul Hasan. “The Historic Divide” The Indian Express, Saturday, February 20, 1999.
“It will be clear from the reading of VIII and IX that council, far from forbidding the use of the vernacular, had rather recom- mended its use for the teaching of Christian doctrine.’’”
Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara (1809–1879) said by 1879 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It sounds all really easy, but actually I didn’t have a plan for any of this. I don’t have academics in my family, so I had no example of how this is supposed to work. It’s very difficult for me, but I’ve been really fortunate to do something I genuinely like. I can put in the extra hours, and I don’t mind doing lots of reading or teaching because I genuinely like it.”
Patricia Kingori wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source