Books were my pass to personal freedom.
I learned to read at age three,
and soon discovered there was a whole world,
to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
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Books were my pass to personal freedom.
I learned to read at age three,
and soon discovered there was a whole world,
to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
Attitude and enthusiasm
play a big part in my life.
I get excited about the
things that inspire me.
I also believe in laughing
and having a good time.
It behooves every man to remember
that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance,
and that, in the end,
progress is accomplished by the man who does things.
It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task
remaining before us, that from these honored dead
we take increased devotion to that cause for
which they gave the last full measure of devotion.
Reading, after a certain age,
diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits.
Any man who reads too much
and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.