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Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. -- Jean Rhys
I'm more of a visual person, but I think that reading's extremely important. But I'm very easily distracted. It takes certain books to really grab you in. -- Jason Marsden
I'm happy to see book clubs on TV. Talking about books has always been an important and invigorating part of reading them, and it's nice that that is getting attention from the media. -- Ann Packer
No director directs 'Game of Thrones' without reading all the episodes and knowing what's going on. All the episodes are written in advance, so you can do that, which is an important point. -- Alex Graves
I have seen too many screenwriters of promise become formula addicts and slaves to stop watch structure. Spend that time watching movies, reading screenplays, reading plays, and most importantly - write from your gut. -- John Fusco
Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history. -- Caroline Kennedy
I think reading is important for a variety of things. I mean, first of all, it's a way to get information and find out what's going on in the world. But also, it helps your imagination. -- Breckin Meyer
And I believe that public broadcasting has an important trust with the American people, it's an intimate medium of television, and that we can do reading and language development for young children without getting into human sexuality. -- Margaret Spellings
The bedroom in my apartment is far too small to hold a nightstand. There is, however, this bookshelf. Yes, I stow whatever I'm reading on the lower shelf, but more importantly, it's where I keep a collection of ghost books. -- Matthew Tobin Anderson
All prizes have a role, if they are run with integrity and with a clear focus on reading and quality writing. I don't think any of them is necessary, but they all play an incredibly important role in building a body of literature, in introducing new authors to new readers, and extending reading. -- Kate Mosse
When you first read a script is the purest moment. That's when you can understand how an audience will ultimately receive it. The first reading of the script is so important because you're experiencing it all for the first time, and it's then that you really know if it's going to work or not. -- David Tennant
Let's face it: Most of us don't realize it, but we are failing our kids as reading role models. The best role models are in the home: brothers, fathers, grandfathers; mothers, sisters, grandmothers. Moms and dads, it's important that your kids see you reading. Not just books - reading the newspaper is good, too. -- James Patterson
I think predictability is built into any good novel in some way - you begin reading Anna Karenina and you know pretty much what's going to happen at the end. But that doesn't mean you know what's going to happen in the middle. For me, it's that sense of what happens in the middle that's important. -- Scarlett Thomas
I hear people all the time say, well I read through the Bible last year. Well, so what? I'm all for reading through the Bible. But how much of that got on the inside, or did they just cover three more chapters today? I would never discredit reading the Scriptures, but it is important to meditate on it. -- Charles Stanley
I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started to read because I was required to do so for class, but I soon found myself enjoying the seclusion of the library. I came to see reading as an important way to learn about people, including myself. -- Elisabeth Shue
When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read. -- Malorie Blackman
When I first started reading about the kabbalists, I would hear about them being seen in strange places. It would turn out that they were doing some kind of spiritual work to elevate the sparks. In my life and career, I've had the opportunity to find myself where I could make some spiritual moves, to do some work that is spiritually important. -- Matisyahu
I think that the most important thing for me is, how is the character that I would be reading for? Is it interesting? Is there stuff to do? Are there things that you can do with the character? How can you play it out? Just those kinds of things that are very important for an actor. Also, a good director and good dialogue. -- Julia Garner
My style is really inspired by whatever I'm listening to or reading or watching; I'm always trying to embody the things that are inspiring me, just for fun. But I think it's always very important to be comfortable and just kind of expressive; if you take fashion too seriously, then you lose the fun of it. I think you should always take the risk. -- Zoe Kravitz
When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated! -- Rachel Tucker
Reading is important. -- John Garfield
Childhood reading is so important. -- Kristi Yamaguchi
Reading is more important than writing. -- Roberto Bolano
Reading is more important to me than eating. -- John Piper
If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff. -- Caitlyn Jenner
If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff. -- Caitlyn Jenner
Reading is the most important way to prepare for life. -- Lois Lowry
For people who are readers, reading is important to them. -- Jeff Bezos
What is more important than reading books; is reading people's faces. -- Anis Mansour
Reading is important - read between the lines. Don't swallow everything. -- Gwendolyn Brooks
[On not reading newspapers:] If something important happens, your mother calls you. -- Fran Lebowitz
Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading. -- J. C. Ryle
Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too. -- Iris Murdoch
I would never discredit reading the Scriptures, but it is important to meditate on it. -- Charles Stanley
no subject of study is more important than reading"¦all other intellectual powers depend on it. -- Jacques Barzun
Reading was very important; the proper exercise and development of one's mind was a paramount duty. -- Elizabeth Von Arnim
Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you -- Barack Obama
In terms of brain development, musical performance is every bit as important educationally as reading or writing. -- Oliver Sacks
It is important early in life to acquire the power of reading sense wherever you happen to be. -- C. S. Lewis
Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything. -- Tomie dePaola
When asked what's more important, praying or reading the Bible? I ask, what's more important breathing in or breathing out? -- Russ Scalzo
When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing. -- Daniel Craig
As both a musician and a former teacher, I feel that music is as important to kids as reading and writing. -- Sheryl Crow
It is very important to be reading as well as writing. A doctor is not going to ignore new surgery practices. -- Brandon Sanderson
Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. -- Jean Rhys
I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive. -- Rita Dove
This is the most important principle of reading on the Internet: You must determine for yourself whether or not something is true. -- Stephen Downes
It is important to increase our sense of God's richness and wonder by reading what his great lovers have said about him. -- Evelyn Underhill
If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important. -- Gail Carson Levine
When asked, 'What is more important: praying or reading the Bible?' I ask, 'What is more important: breathing in or breathing out? -- Russ Scalzo
Poetry is not the most important thing in life... I'd much rather lie in a hot bath reading Agatha Christie and sucking sweets. -- Dylan Thomas
Books have always been important to me - my mom was a first grade teacher, so I grew up reading all the time. -- Kelly Clarkson
One of my passions is that children enjoy their time at school - and reading for pleasure can be an important part of that. -- Charles Clarke
I think it's important to find projects that evoke people into conversation. It's like reading a good book. You want to talk about it. -- Juno Temple
Reading can break us out of the tunnel vision of the narrow specialty and lead us into many intriguing and important avenues of thought. -- Gene Edward Veith Jr.
Reading is important. Books are important. Librarians are important. (Also, libraries are not child-care facilities, but sometimes feral children raise themselves among the stacks.) -- Neil Gaiman
Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. -- Ann Patchett
Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, "Nothing is more important than an unread library." -- Austin Kleon
It's important to read because it's really good for your vocabulary. It's really good for your imagination. I enjoy reading because I find it relaxing. -- Emma Watson
If a child wants to read 'Twilight' over Middlemarch, they should be encouraged - the important thing is to get them reading in the first place. -- Malorie Blackman
The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said. The art of reading between the lines is a life long quest of the wise. -- Shannon L. Alder
Reading with my children is incredibly important to me and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, exploring magical worlds through books and stories. -- Frank Lampard
Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read. -- Marilyn Jager Adams
I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for. -- Angelina Grimke
Never check email first thing in the morning. Instead, complete your most important task before 11:00 A.M. to avoid using lunch or reading email as a postponement excuse. -- Tim Ferriss
Grades were important in our house. I was reading by two. My mom would sit there and read with me, read with me, read with me. It was wonderful. -- Fergie

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