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Well, it's my age group, anywhere from, I'd say 30 to 70. The biggest comment I get about the book is how… — Darlene Love Copy Share Image
Spirituality is no different from what weve been doing for two thousand years just by going to church and receiving the sacraments,… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Reading is another thing that has made me more human by exposing me to worlds I might never have entered and people… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
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Reading is the unbelievably healthy way my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
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By reading the characteristic features of any man's castles in the air you can make a shrewd guess as to his underlying… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
I'm not after having the lead or being in a blockbuster Hollywood film. I'm after reading the material and loving it. That's… — Sofia Boutella Copy Share Image
All alone in a committee room of the Senate Office Building in Washington, I was reading the dry typewritten pages in an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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