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"If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it."

"If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it."

Russell Crowe, Australian Actor

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"My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize."

"My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize."

Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian Novelist

Reading, Forget, Right, Support

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"A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact."

"A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact."

Marcus Garvey, Jamaican Publisher

Reading, Man, Woman, Writing

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"I enjoyed reading as a child."

"I enjoyed reading as a child."

Goh C. Tong, Singaporean Businessman

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"When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics."

"When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics."

George Stephen, Canadian Businessman

Reading, Thought, Books, Pretty

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"But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence they communicated to me! I wept for joy."

"But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence they communicated to me! I wept for joy."

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese Revolutionary

Reading, Enthusiasm, Confidence, Emotion, Joy

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"I, personally, have found reading a continual support to writing."

"I, personally, have found reading a continual support to writing."

Margaret Mahy, New Zealander Author

Reading, Support, Writing, Newzealander

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"The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty."

"The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty."

Pablo Neruda, Chilean Writer

Reading, Beauty, Truth, Thought, Books

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"Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I was always an enthusiastic reader. Writing and reading seem to me to be different aspects of a single imaginative act."

"Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I was always an enthusiastic reader. Writing and reading seem to me to be different aspects of a single imaginative act."

Margaret Mahy, New Zealander Author

Reading, Act, Being, Writing

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"One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited."

"One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Reading, Books, Time, Poison, Intellect

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"When you are reading, someone has done a lot of work on your behalf, someone has had ideas and has then written and corrected and improved them so that they can be shared."

"When you are reading, someone has done a lot of work on your behalf, someone has had ideas and has then written and corrected and improved them so that they can be shared."

Margaret Mahy, New Zealander Author

Reading, Work, Ideas, Newzealander

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"I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable."

"I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable."

Jeff Bingaman, American Politician

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"We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain."

"We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain."

Roberto Bolano, Chilean Novelist

Reading, Death, End, Living

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"It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading."

"It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading."

Mike Tyson, American Athlete

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"In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first."

"In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first."

Harry S. Truman, American President

Reading, Men, Victory, First

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"The simultaneous reactions elicited all over the world by the reading of newspaper dispatches about the same events create, as it were, a common mental pulse beat for the whole of civilized mankind."

"The simultaneous reactions elicited all over the world by the reading of newspaper dispatches about the same events create, as it were, a common mental pulse beat for the whole of civilized mankind."

Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian Politician

Reading, Events, Mankind, World

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"One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel. Your attention behaves differently."

"One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel. Your attention behaves differently."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

Reading, Act, Attention

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"Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere."

"Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere."

Mary Schmich, American Journalist

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"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."

"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Reading, Man, Writing

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"All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself."

"All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself."

Penelope Lively, English Author

Reading, Importance, Names, Old

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"He didn't say that. He was reading what was given to him in a speech."

"He didn't say that. He was reading what was given to him in a speech."

Richard Darman, American Economist

Reading, Speech

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"When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there."

"When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there."

Ram Dass, American Psychologist

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"It's just a matter of writing the kind of book I enjoy reading. Something better be happening at the beginning, and then on every page after, or I get irritated."

"It's just a matter of writing the kind of book I enjoy reading. Something better be happening at the beginning, and then on every page after, or I get irritated."

Jonathan Franzen, American Novelist

Reading, Beginning, Writing

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"The solutions all are simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are."

"The solutions all are simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are."

Robert M. Pirsig, American Philosopher

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"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider."

"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment."

"From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment."

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

Reading, Judgment

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"Easy reading is damn hard writing."

"Easy reading is damn hard writing."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist

Reading, Writing

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"He that loves reading has everything within his reach."

"He that loves reading has everything within his reach."

William Godwin, English Writer

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"One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well."

"One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator

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"The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean."

"The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean."

John M. Ford, American Writer

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"It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without soup or bread in it."

"It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without soup or bread in it."

M. F. K. Fisher, American Writer

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"Game management is accomplished by staying constantly alert and then reading and reacting to potential problem situations before they materialize. It all boils down to paying attention to details."

"Game management is accomplished by staying constantly alert and then reading and reacting to potential problem situations before they materialize. It all boils down to paying attention to details."

Jim Evans, American Athlete

Reading, Management, Attention, Potential

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"You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread."

"You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread."

Heinz Guderian, German Soldier

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"Luckily, I'm a governor - so I get to tell you what I've already done not just what I'm going to do."

"Luckily, I'm a governor - so I get to tell you what I've already done not just what I'm going to do."

Howard Dean, American Politician

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"Rereading, we find a new book."

"Rereading, we find a new book."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe."

"When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

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"Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts."

"Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts."

Mary Harris Jones, American Activist

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"And I tell ya, when I sit in that sound booth and started reading the script and starting to get into the character, man, it's an easy jump for me, because I understand what it's all about."

"And I tell ya, when I sit in that sound booth and started reading the script and starting to get into the character, man, it's an easy jump for me, because I understand what it's all about."

Lawrence Taylor, American Athlete

Reading, Character, Man, Sound

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"Some of the material out there - I don't want to say that it's all bad - but there's a lot of bad stuff out there. You just continue reading scripts, and eventually you find something you connect with."

"Some of the material out there - I don't want to say that it's all bad - but there's a lot of bad stuff out there. You just continue reading scripts, and eventually you find something you connect with."

Jay Hernandez, American Actor

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"I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve."

"I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve."

Charles de Montesquieu, French Philosopher

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"What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one hand and the reader on the other."

"What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one hand and the reader on the other."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

Reading, Writer, Writing

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"Alternative cartoonists have to rely on comic book stores to get their stuff in the hands of readers."

"Alternative cartoonists have to rely on comic book stores to get their stuff in the hands of readers."

Jim Woodring, American Artist

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"Many peoples' tombstones should read 'Died at 30, burried at 60.'"

"Many peoples' tombstones should read 'Died at 30, burried at 60.'"

Nicholas M. Butler, American Philosopher

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"If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything."

"If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything."

Paul Auster, American Author

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"I do not think that life has any joy to offer so complete, so soul-filling as that which comes upon the imaginative lad, whose spare time is limited, but who is able to snuggle down into a corner with his book, knowing that the next hour is all his own. And how vivid and fresh it all is!"

"I do not think that life has any joy to offer so complete, so soul-filling as that which comes upon the imaginative lad, whose spare time is limited, but who is able to snuggle down into a corner with his book, knowing that the next hour is all his own. And how vivid and fresh it all is!"

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

Reading, Joy, Imagination, Books, Youth

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"You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else."

"You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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"I'd be interested to read Gull's paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn't otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan."

"I'd be interested to read Gull's paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn't otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan."

Eddie Campbell, Scottish Artist

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"I have read your book and much like it."

"I have read your book and much like it."

Moses Hadas, American Writer

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"I have been reading scripts, going to auditions and looking for the right opportunities."

"I have been reading scripts, going to auditions and looking for the right opportunities."

Kevin Richardson, American Musician

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"I started reading and talking and interviewing nutritionists and a thread was starting to form for me which is - a protein digests in a different rate of speed than a carbohydrate."

"I started reading and talking and interviewing nutritionists and a thread was starting to form for me which is - a protein digests in a different rate of speed than a carbohydrate."

Suzanne Somers, American Actress

Reading, Talking

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