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Reading... a vacation for the mind.

Reading... a vacation for the mind.

Book, Reading, Vacation

I never stop running. I'm not one of the weenies who drop out just because the electoral college votes. I'm still in the race. I'm an extremely corrupt candidate and I stress that in case anybody in our reading audience is interested in sending me money.

Running, Stress, Reading

"All I Think Is That It's Stupid". Interview with Glenn Garvin, reason.com. December, 1994.

But the feeling I have, you know, is that I'll never come close to reading all, or even a thousandth- a billionth- of the books I'd probably love if I ever got to them.

Book, Reading, Feelings

There are a number of people without whom I could not have written this book, but I hope you don't hold that against them. They are all fine people, and they had no idea how it would turn out.

Funny, Book, Reading

Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Does Japan”, p.7, Ballantine Books

I, alone, could never have produced this book. I say this mainly in case there are lawsuits.

Funny, Book, Reading

Dave Barry (2009). “Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus”, p.9, Ballantine Books

Bill Clinton, who, to his credit, has established a clear and consistent foreign policy, which is as follows: Whenever the president of the United States gets anywhere near any foreign head of state, living or dead, he gives that leader a big old hug. This has proven to be an effective way to get foreign leaders to do what we want: Many heads of state are willing to sign any random document that President Clinton thrusts in front of them, without reading it, just so he will stop embracing them.

Reading, Giving, Leader

Dave Barry (2009). “Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus”, p.46, Ballantine Books

I read "Remembrance of Things Past" in the original French. I never start the day without reading me some [Marcel] Proust.

Reading, Past, Remembrance

Source: www.bostonglobe.com

Your job is to give people a reason to keep reading.

Jobs, Reading, Writing

I do some of my best reading while seated in the bathroom.

Reading, Bathroom

"EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Dave Barry and the Matrix of Poop". Interview with Rich Abdill, umdbathrooms.wordpress.com. April 27, 2010.

I would say that the single most important conclusion I reached, after traveling through Japan, as well as countless hours reading, studying, and analyzing this fascinating culture, is that you should always tighten the cap on the shampoo bottle before you put it in your suitcase.

Reading, Japan, Cities

Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Does Japan”, p.205, Ballantine Books

I was reading this James Bond book, and right away I realized that, like most books, it had too many words.

Funny, Book, Reading

I regularly read Internet user groups filled with messages from people trying to solve software incompatibility problems that, in terms of complexity, make the U.S. Tax Code look like Dr. Seuss.

Reading, People, Trying

Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry in Cyberspace”, p.50, Ballantine Books

All these people helped make this book possible. But let me make one thing clear: If there are any errors or omissions in this book, these people are not responsible. In the end, there is only one person responsible for what I write, and that person, of course, is: Donald Trump.

Funny, Book, Reading

Dave Barry (2009). “Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus”, p.10, Ballantine Books

For a while I got into the South Pacific theater of World War II. I read "American Caesar" by William Manchester, the biography of General MacArthur. Because of that I ended up reading "Tales of the South Pacific" by James Michener and then because of that reading his "Hawaii." That is what happens.

War, Reading, Hawaii

Source: www.bostonglobe.com

Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column.

Crazy, Reading, Literature

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