"No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure."

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Source : Noah Porter (1874). “Books and Reading, Or, What Books Shall I Read and how Shall I Read Them?”, p.13

Noah Porter

#Pleasure Quotes #Profit Quotes

“My knee feels good right now. I am definitely able to move about whichever way.”
“Marriage is designed to pull dysfunction to the surface of our lives, set it on fire and help us grow.”

Source : "3 Reasons to Stay Married" by Tyler Ward, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 30, 2014.
“In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character; he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies.”
“You have to fight the green monster with your mind, not your fists.”
“What you say is who you are. How you say it is your style.”
“All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.”
“I get rejections from the New Yorker. When I had to give a little talk to the people graduating from the MBA program at Columbia who were going into writing and filmmaking and everything, I said, "When I tried to think of what to say, the only subject I thought was appropriate for people doing what you're going to do is rejection." That's what it's all about.”
“I've had my ups and downs in my private life.”

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