Quote by Angela Carter
Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms. – Angela Carter

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The whore is despised by the hypocritical world because she has made a realistic assessment of her assets and does not have to rely on fraud to make a living. In an area of human relations where fraud is regular practice between the sexes, her honesty is regarded with a mocking wonder. – Angela Carter

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Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them. – Angela Carter

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When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience. – David Antin

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If one area I felt it was a tough election was I couldnt see my young son and I couldnt see my wife a lot, but apart from that for her also it was an experience. – Imran Khan

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Games have grown and developed from this limited in-the-box experience to something thats everywhere now. Interactive content is all around us, networked, ready. This is something Ive been hoping for throughout my career. – Shigeru Miyamoto

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You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film. – Arthur Erickson

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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth. – Wole Soyinka

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Theres probably no experience more alienating than fame, other than a terminal illness, where you actually find yourself in a situation that nobody around you can relate to. – Diablo Cody

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Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security of the United States and its allies. – Saxby Chambliss

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