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I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
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If I don't like someone and I start reading their stuff, it seems like my brain will just automatically start criticizing everything… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Filipinos are not a reading people, and despite the compulsory course on the life and works of Rizal today, from the elementary… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
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