Imagine having a mother who worries that you read too much. The question is, what is it that's supposed to happen to people who read too much? How can you tell when someone's crossed the line.
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Related The too LESS is too MUCH if you know how to make it too MUCH;
the too MUCH is too LESS if you don’... KAGABO BURANGA JACQUES You read too much and understand too little. ROBERT JORDAN You can't pay too much attention to what this one publication says, but people do read these ranking... JAMES OWENS You know what I'd love to read? A Dialogue between Bron and Shevek and Socrates. Socrates would love... JO WALTON You can't read too much into the common opponent thing though. Lots of crazy things happen at state. ANDY KERLEY It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN He crossed the line between eccentricity and idiocy far too often for someone who was supposed to be... IAN BOTHAM One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; ... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER If you are going to write, say, fantasy - stop reading fantasy. You've already read too much. Re... TERRY PRATCHETT You can't always blame people for your disappointment. Sometimes, it's only you who is really to bla... OUSSAMA HEDHLI People read way too much into personalities and all that stuff. BOB CORKER What occurs to people when they read Kurt [Vonnegut] is that things are much more up for grabs than ... MARK VONNEGUT The media is too concentrated, too few people own too much. There's really five companies that c... TED TURNER You can't control those things. When they happen, it's great, but if you put too much emphasis on th... CHARLIZE THERON I wouldn't read too much into it. ALLEN ABNEY Someone who smiles too much with you can sometime frown too much with you at your back. MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON I wouldn't read too much into that. DENNIS HUGHES I used to think that it was better to have too much than too little, but now I think if the too much... CECELIA AHERN When you read someones quote you are reading someones feelings. To understand ones words you need to... ROSA M. BETANCES Don't wait until it's too late to tell someone how much you love, how much you care. OSCAR AULIQ-ICE News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. EVELYN WAUGH News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news until he'... EVELYN WAUGH Within a half-hour, we can tell whether the aspirin is the correct dose for you -- is it too much or... DR. SABINA WALLACH I don't want to tell you how much insurance I carry with the Prudential, but all I can say is: when ... JACK BENNY We've been talking too much about how much it costs to provide health insurance and not enough about... KAREN DAVIS How can you have too much employment, too much achievement? BILL BRAY Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell... BARNABY C. KEENEY What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who... BARNABY C. KEENEY Honestly, I feel you are poisoned if you read too much of the scientific literature because it makes... ERIC BETZIG [Inside her stucco town house, the curtains were drawn and stillness prevailed.] That is why it is v... LYNNE TRUSS Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read... STEPHEN KING Description is what makes the reader a sensory participant in the story. Good description is a learn... STEPHEN KING One of the fears of having too much work is not having time to observe. And once you get recognised,... BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have r... ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA When a guy can make fun of you, thats attractive. Who knew that teasing could have so much power ove... RACHEL BILSON No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what... LEMONY SNICKET If you think little truth is not enough for you, try too much truth. The hurt from too much truth is... RAYMOND OBENG . . . you can read my mind,” Parmida realized. “When it is open to me,” Azra admitted apo... ASH GRAY I don't want to tell you how much insurance I carry with the Prudential, but all I can say is: w... JACK BENNY In high school I was very much involved in poetry. You cannot read a poem quickly. There's too m... EUGENE H. PETERSON This is going to be a time that tests people's conviction, and people have thought often of how much... CHRISTOPHER DAVIS The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK When I counsel people who have been following God’s principles and have reached a point at which t... CELSO CUKIERKORN Success is not a question of how much power or money you have acquired. It is a question of ho... GORDANA BIERNAT I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday. JACK L. CHALKER I tend not to read reviews; there's too much out there in cyberspace. TERENCE WINTER Having books published is very destructive to writing. It is even worse than making love too much. B... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Don't tell me about the Press. I know *exactly* who reads the papers. The Daily Mirror is read by th... ANTONY JAY Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO The way a book is read - which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book - can have as much... NORMAN COUSINS I read autobiographies because there is too much fiction in my life. RANBIR KAPOOR I don't speculate too much about the future. That's the thing about this job - it's so f... AIDAN TURNER How can you tell when the devil is lying? His lips are moving. CRAIG GROESCHEL It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn't matter who gets the credit. HARRY S TRUMAN Are you a kind of person who likes to keep all your emotions hidden from the people around you! Do y... ABHIJIT NASKAR When people once are in the wrong,
Each line they add is much too long;
Who fastest walks, but... MATTHEW PRIOR When you let people know how much you love them, infact (UN-INTENTIONALLY) you make them aware too t... ZUBAIR AHMED (Z.A) I can only imagine what our citizens feel like when they watch this and read about this. I grow wear... DORETHA EDGECOMB One of the fears of having too much work is not having time to observe. And once you get recognised,... BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Very dangerous… much like kisses from those who walk among the gods. Intoxicating, swee... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT The pressure, you usually put it on yourself. Because you think too much what people say. You think ... SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA Will I have to use a dictionary to read your book?" asked Mrs. Dodypol. "It depends," says I, "how m... ALEXANDER THEROUX I tell her, because I don't know how to say what I really want to: that the people you love can surp... JODI PICOULT Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are" is true enough, but I'd know you better if you ... FRANçOIS MAURIAC Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you t... FRANCOIS MAURIAC "Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are" is true enough, but I'd know you better if you... FRANCOIS MURIAC Lazy people fact #2347827309018287. You were too lazy to read that number. ANONYMOUS When I was eight years old I went to visit my brother who was working on a movie of the week with my... MACKENZIE ASTIN Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than to read or write; who, ho... WILLIAM HAZLITT You try not to look behind and say 'what if' too much. But it is frustrating knowing that you're cap... BOBBY WILLIAMSON I was too much of a Bronx kid to read Emerson or Hawthorne. DON DELILLO News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news u... EVELYN WAUGH It's a really light trade, I don't think you're going to have to read too much into it. People are v... DREW FORBES I think you can do a lot, like describing people with their physical characteristics, things like th... GABRIELLE ZEVIN There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot. DEREK BOK What you read at Columbia is Plato's Republic and Homer's Iliad. What you learn at Columbia is that ... TED RALL Just as most people would be upset if the government wanted to know how much you called your mother ... THOMAS BURKE I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who re... GARY SHTEYNGART It's often a fine line what increase you can pass along because if you go up too much, we'll lose th... DAVID GRAY People who think too much before they act don't act too much. JIMMY BUFFETT There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewh... DIANE SETTERFIELD My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off ... SYLVIA PLATH When you read the New Testament, you see the Holy Spirit was supposed to change everything so that t... FRANCIS CHAN Don’t trust too much. Don’t love too much. Don’t hope too much, because that too much can hurt... OMAR ASHRAF EZZELDIN A lot of people are surprised. I am too. I hesitate to read too much into one month's number, but ce... CAROL STONE If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as ... R. L. STINE I don't really read too much. It really is counter to my energy. I can't sit down and concen... CHARLIE BEWLEY A 4-shot lead is never too much. It's a crazy game. The bounces can start going wrong and the moment... CRAIG BARLOW What goes on in your innermost being is worth all your love, this is what you must work on however y... RAINER MARIA RILKE Nothing was ever handed to me. My hope is that when people read my story, it will inspire them to re... GRETCHEN CARLSON If you can survive in the desert, you survive anywhere. I know more than anything life in desert. Yo... WARIS DIRIE I don't think anyone except the few people who have played James Bond can tell you how strange a... TIMOTHY DALTON Casey is a guy who sometimes tries to do too much and puts too much heat on himself. ERIC WEDGE I know that some people shy away from what I say. They think it is too blunt, but when you don't... MISSY ELLIOTT There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the tru... KHALED HOSSEINI You ruin your life by desensitizing yourself. We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply,... BIANCA SPARACINO ...as long as you imagine you are rich there is nothing to thank god for, and you cannot be aware of... ANTHONY BLOOM The U.S. deficit is growing faster than someone who spent too much time at the all-you-can-eat buffe... ANDREW PYLE
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