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Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never
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"Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room"

- Anthony Burgess

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This quote by Anthony Burgess talks with the idea that Americans are more likely to pay attention than to review. He recommends that books like War as well as Peace are also lengthy and complicated to be checked out during the stress of everyday life, which they are better matched for the leisure of retirement. Nonetheless, he likewise indicates that retired life is often a remote dream, and that publications like War and Peace can still be appreciated in the meanwhile by merely utilizing them to enhance the living-room. This quote talks with the concept that Americans are more probable to eat details via paying attention than with reading, and that publications are usually viewed as even more of an ornamental thing than a source of knowledge.

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Anthony Burgess This quote is written / told by Anthony Burgess between February 25, 1917 and November 25, 1993. He was a famous Novelist from United Kingdom. The author also have 20 other quotes.

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