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My dream is that all South Africans from all walks of life will have the opportunity to read my books and use… — Jason Lee Copy Share Image
My mom was there, in some form, in some sense, in some universe. My mom was still my mom, even if she… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A prose writer never sees a reader walk out of a book; for a playwright, it's another matter. An audience is an… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
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A lot of guys in the prison think they're bad. Some of them are, but when it comes to being bad in… — Tex Watson Copy Share Image
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That afternoon he told me that the difference between human beings and animals was that human beings were able to dream while… — Steven Millhauser Copy Share Image
When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
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This is an extraordinary illustrated collection of Chinese herbsaccompanied by concise and expert comments. Jing-Nuan Wu has succeeded incompiling this most unique… — Koji Nakanishi Copy Share Image
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![“A lot of guys in the prison think they're bad. Some of them are, but when it comes to being bad in every sense of the word, I have been bad before and I can play the role pretty good. When I killed those people, they didn't exactly stand there and not do anything. I stabbed that guy [Frykowski]…” quote by Tex Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/tex-watson-97546_book_a-lot-of-guys-in-the-prison-think-they-r_1369155.jpg)
