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  • Clarendon Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason: they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. Those works, therefore, are the most valuable, that set our thinking faculties in the fullest operation. understand them.
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Carol Gilligan Many women have told me they remember where they were when they read the book, and how they felt suddenly that what they really thought or felt about things made sense.
    Carol Gilligan
    American feminist, ethicist and psychologist (1936 - )
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  • Nicolas Chamfort Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Frank Zappa Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read.
    Frank Zappa
    American rock musician (1940 - 1993)
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  • Agnes Smedley Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.
    Agnes Smedley
    American journalist and writer (1892 - 1950)
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  • Ben Elton My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again!
    Ben Elton
    British-Australian comedian, author, playwright, actor and director (1959 - )
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  • Bella Thorne My big break was becoming the spokesperson for Texas Instruments. Casting directors really started giving me a chance to read for projects.
    Bella Thorne
    American actress, model, singer, and director (1997 - )
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  • Barry Hannah My dad read history, about a book a day, but only after he retired as a successful bank and insurance man.
    Barry Hannah
    American novelist (1942 - 2010)
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  • Bar Refaeli My everyday job is about superficial beauty, but when I'm not working I prefer to work on my inner beauty - I read a lot, I try to learn.
    Bar Refaeli
    Israeli model, actress, and entrepreneur (1985 - )
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  • Bill Paxton My father always read obituaries to me out loud, not because he was maudlin or morbid, but because they were mini biographies.
    Bill Paxton
    American actor and director (1955 - 2017)
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  • George Bernard Shaw My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Brian Austin Green My goal was to play drums, but my father made me take piano lessons. He told me I needed to learn to read music first, so I took lessons for six years. I thank God that he made me take those lessons, because it taught me a tremendous amount.
    Brian Austin Green
    American actor, rapper and producer (1973 - )
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  • Bell Hooks My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Berkeley Breathed My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids.
    Berkeley Breathed
    American cartoonist, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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  • Alvin Adams My view is different. Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive citizens.
    Alvin Adams
    American businessman (1804 - 1877)
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  • Al Capp My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone's wrapping fish in it.
    Al Capp
    American cartoonist and humorist (1909 - 1979)
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  • Will Durant Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
    Will Durant
    American writer, historian, and philosopher (1885 - 1981)
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  • Will Durant Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
    Will Durant
    American writer, historian, and philosopher (1885 - 1981)
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  • George Holbrook Jackson Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.
    George Holbrook Jackson
    British journalist, writer and publisher (1874 - 1948)
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