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War is not for winning, Masha," sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
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I tell you, the difference for me is between being victimized, terrorized, numbed by reading about different disasters, or reducing the anxiety… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
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The BBC is locked to the reading of the economy that is run out of Ed Miliband and Ed Balls' office. They… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
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Sometimes I wish the public were equally aware of the men of our race in the cultural fields. You, for instance, have… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
I'm good at cold reading; I've made a living doing this, and most of the time I do audition, but it's very… — Courtney Gains Copy Share Image
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People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Books have knowledge, knowledge is power, power corrupts, corruption is a crime, and crime doesn't pay..so if you keep reading, you'll go… — Books and music. Facebook Copy Share Image
I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
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