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Please edit or correct or delete this quote. (part 6)
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Hello,Please let me know if there is a more appropriate place to post this.
My post is regarding these two quotes. Both are misattributed.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1632...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1246...
I believe this misquote quote originates from the 2003 film version of I Capture the Castle.
The full film quote is “There's only the last page left to write on. I'll fill it with words of just one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.”
Script: http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_sc...
My copy of I Capture the Castle, the book (a second edition from 1948) includes the following quote which ends the novel: “Only the margin left to write on now. I love you, I love you, I love you.” The "I love. I have loved. I will love" version does not appear elsewhere in the book.
This article in the Guardian is further evidence that recent publications include the "I love you, I love you, I love you" quote: https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...
I’ve found no evidence of this quote or anything resembling it in either the book or the movie script of Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveller’s Wife. I'm not sure where this misattribution originated.
Book text: https://archive.org/stream/TimeTravel...
Film Transcript: http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_sc...
Could you please remove these incorrect/misattributed quotes from each authors pages?
Thanks,
Charlotte
Please correct this quote. It should have been 'isn't loved the proper way. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1026...
Charlotte wrote: "Hello,Please let me know if there is a more appropriate place to post this.
My post is regarding these two quotes. Both are misattributed.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1632...-..."
Bump
Hello,Could you please add the book name to this quote? It is "The Poppy Wife: A Novel of the Great War"
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1027...
Thanks!
Hi! I posted a quote from "The Secret Chord" by Geraldine Brooks, but accidentally put the word "mud" instead of "blood" at one point. I removed it from my quotes, but of course that didn't remove the quote altogether, so when I tried redoing the quote, it just kept saving as what I originally posted. I then tried a longer version of the quote but THIS time I accidentally typed "faced" instead of "face". Could you please just delete both quotes? I'd rather redo it myself. These are the quotes. Thanks!https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1027...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1027...
Hi, could you please delete the two following quotes:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1023...
(Meaningless - I have no idea where this came from.)
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1023...
(Misattributed - this is NOT a quote by me, but by Robert Brault. Again, I have no idea where this came from because I definitely didn't add it.)
Thank you! :)
#4 A moderator will have to merge these quotes.#5 Done
#7 I moved it to the other author and added the book.
#8 I corrected the second one and deleted the first one.
#9 Done
#10 Since you added it and it had no likes, I removed it.
Hi, Please delete the following quotes. My assistant was in charge of updating my quotes, some from my speaking engagements. I would like to have them taken down for various reasons (grammar, not sure I said that etc...). Thank you :)
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8828...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8828...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8668...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8645...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9106...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8688...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8688...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8814...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8645...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9086...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9103...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9009...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9508...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8688...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8688...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8645...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9918...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9530...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8828...
Thank you,
Malebo
Hello, can you attribute this quote (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1030...) to this author (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...) and book (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...)?Thanks!
11 - I was hesitant to delete so many quotes, but since you're the author of them, I figured it was within your right to request that. I've deleted all but the first two quotes- a super will have to delete those, as they have too many fans for me to delete. 12 - Done, now looking into the many duplicates of this author
13 - Would it be possible to correct the errors rather than completely deleting the quote? We prefer to edit rather than delete. I would correct it myself, but I'm not fluent in Arabic.
#11 I deleted the first two, as the punctuation and syntax did not allow for accurate editing.
There are several quotes on my author profile. They are attributed to me but I am the incorrect Dan Richards for those quotes. Please remove. Thanks!
Please delete this quote by Muhammad Ali for it is misattributed: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3710...Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/06...
I just added three quotes and meant to add it to the book called "The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond" and instead accidentally added it to something just called "Verbally Abusive Relationship" (which maybe those two books are meant to be merged)?The last three quotes on this page were added by me https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes...
and I would like them to be moved to this book https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes...
Thanks.
By the way, on this pagehttps://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes...
There are three instances of this quote, "“Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts."
Not only are there three instances of that quote, but it was Robert Fulghum who said that. The author of this book merely quoted him in her book.
Hi, could you please delete this quote? It doesn't actually come from anything I've written.https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9625...
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Hello,Would you be so nice to edit this quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7895... by adding the book where it is coming from: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Thank you,
Quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2599...As Shown: "... This strange doctrine is not supported by statute not common law. Neither individuals not corporations ..."
Should be: "... This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals nor corporations ..."
Thank you.
Renske wrote: "Done"K.J. wrote: "Hello,
Would you be so nice to edit this quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7895... by adding the book where it is coming from: https://www.goodreads...."
Dank je, Renske :-)
Hope someone can help me. I just added a Henning Mankell quote to my list of quotes. It's at the bottom of my list, page 2: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/list...
But unlike the other Mankell quotes on the list, my quote doesn't have the book title as a link. How do I make the book title a link on mine? I like the link coz it takes you to a list of quotes that were taken from the particular book.
Thanks!
Tom wrote: "Quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2599...As Shown: "... This strange doctrine is not supported by statute not common law. Neither individual..."
Done.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1035...Please, the last part of the sentence should be 'the fountain from which it draws its strength.'
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1035...Please correct this also
Should read 'when you start embarking on a journey, not mission.
Thank you.
Michael wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1035...Please correct this also
Should read 'when you start embarking on a journey, not mission.
Tha..."
Done.
This should be corrected too. The last part. Should be, ‘Unless the world cares about them.’https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1035...
Please sorry for the inconvenience.
Hi,Kindly remove/delete my these quotes permanently.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9535...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9481...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9956...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9556...
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Quotes with likes will not be removed unless they do not meet our criteria for inclusion.
Hi,From the above list, this quote of mine has no likes, kindly remove it.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9535...
Please correct my quote @quote link
It should be:
"The corpse looks to me like a suit that was left behind."
Thank you!
Socrates did Not say:When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
It is attributed to him incorrectly in Goodreads.
Can someone please help me to delete this quote?https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1039...
I have selected the wrong Drew Hayes as the author.
I have already added another quote with the correct Drew Hayes.
Thanks in advance!
Jonathan wrote: "Can someone please help me to delete this quote?https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1039...
I have selected the wrong Drew Hayes as the author.
I have a..."
No likes so deleted. If it happens again, just post here & a librarian will be happy to move to the correct author for you. :)
Can someone please remove a quote from my page? I didn't add it. It's just random sentences from my book. And I think readers would find it confusing. Thank you.https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes...
“just stared. “Thanks.” I smiled. Beautiful? Really? Keeley yelled, “Close the door! It’s freezing.” “Oh, sorry,” he said and got in the back. He handed me a card, “Happy birthday.” We all had a great dinner. Everyone but Desi got steak.”
How did that even become a quote on my page?? Also, someone recently changed the cover of this book to an older version. I did not change it, but I can't change it back.
This is the incorrect cover: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
This is the correct cover: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
K. wrote: "Can someone please remove a quote from my page? I didn't add it. It's just random sentences from my book. And I think readers would find it confusing. Thank you.https://www.goodreads.com/work/quo..."
1. the author can change the default edition: https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...
2. Paperback editions use ISBNs. Kindle editions use ASIN. I took the ISBN off of the old Kindle edition and put it on the matching paperback edition as used on Amazon.
3. Goodreads adds new covers, but does not delete out of print editions. I think these are straight now, except for making the default edition
K. wrote: "Can someone please remove a quote from my page? I didn't add it. It's just random sentences from my book. And I think readers would find it confusing. Thank you.https://www.goodreads.com/work/quo..."
And I changed the parenthesis to brackets, because Goodreads thinks parentheses in the title field denote a series.
Thank you. I was able to make the correct cover the default. Can anything be done about the quote I mentioned?
K. wrote: "Thank you. I was able to make the correct cover the default. Can anything be done about the quote I mentioned?"No likes so I have removed the quote.
Anyone can add a quote from an author's book. I think some of them are from highlighting on kindles.
Just post here if it happens again. :)
Hi, This Fantastic and True Quote gets used a lot on SM, but it was not by Voltaire, it was by Kevin Alfred Strom. Please can you fix that, you are the only book search who misattribute it.Thank you!
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9683...
https://twitter.com/BrianMoss_1/statu...
Please delete both quotes by nikki algoe, I wrote them when I was younger and it's just terrible. Thank you in advance!https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/sear...
Hello,Please, delete or edit this quote https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1041...
I accidentally added the wrong source.
The correct book => https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
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