How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden
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This nice and subtle happiness of reading, this joy not chilled by age, this polite and unpunished vice, this selfish, serene life-long intoxication. – Logan Pearsall Smith
There are many persons pretending to have a refined literary taste, who seldom read any books but those which are fashionable… – Charles Lanman, “Thoughts on Literature,” 1840
The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value. – Washington Irving
Hes a guys guy, so it pretty much became like the impressions – dont imitate Sean Connerys voice, and things like that. We were all kind of doing it towards the end of the film, anyway, and he was cool with it. – Shane West
One of the things thats beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. Its really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength, its not a weakness. – Mitch Landrieu
