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#1. Reading is an act of resistance in a landscape of distraction ... We regain the world by withdrawing from it just a little by stepping back from the noise.

David L. Ulin

#2. He who hates himself is not humble.

Emile M. Cioran

#3. Think less. Take action. Be authentic.

Claire Shipman

#4. I always wanted to be different. I always wanted to be first.

Miuccia Prada

#5. There is no more unhappy being under the sun than a fetishist who pines for a boot and has to content himself with an entire woman.

Karl Kraus

#6. 'He's the most charming man. He's the Oscar Wilde of our time. I only had one moment with him in that film and it's a great source of regret. I love spending time with him. He's always very open and effusive. His interest in you is genuine.'

Russell Crowe

#7. I think many years from now, people will still watch television, though it will probably be 150 inches wide. What will change is the ability to get 'CSI' not only on TV but also on the Internet, even watching it in a foreign country as it's playing in the U.S.

Leslie Moonves

#8. Monsters exist because we create them, through war and violence, and distortion, and the way we handle people and so on.

Leon Golub

#9. Did you ever have a dream?" he asked. "Something you wanted so badly and just when you think you're about to reach out and grabit, something else takes it away?

Nicholas Sparks

#10. I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest.

Laura Hillenbrand

#11. You can count on me. I won't fail." "Not failing would be good.

Rick Riordan

#12. Tao in the world is like a river flowing home to the sea.

Laozi

#13. There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition

Blaise Pascal