"Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book."

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Source : "Better than Amis?" by Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2003.

#Book Quotes #Reviews Quotes #Wells Quotes

“I thought I could organise freedom/How Scandinavian of me ...”
“Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that.”
“...but I should say that kindliness, and sincerity, and if I may say so--modesty--are worth far more to a man, to a husband, than all the wit and beauty in the world.”
“I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks on the map, it's much bigger when you're there.”
“The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back”
“It is folly to imagine that the aggressive types, whether individuals or nations, can be bought off ... since the payment of danegeld stimulates a demand for more danegeld. But they can be curbed. Their very belief in force makes them more susceptible to the deterrent effect of a formidable opposing force.”
“Scouting is not an abstruse or difficult science: rather it is a jolly game if you take it in the right light. In the same time it is educative, and (like Mercy) it is apt to benefit him that giveth as well as him that receives.”

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