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I love costume dramas, I love performing in them, because in a funny kind of way, you feel more free. You know… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
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There are Easter eggs in every book I've ever written. I think in the first one I called Scientology "Diabology," but I… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
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What society doesn't realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they don't now, or not… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
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