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One of those things where immediately when you started reading it, you knew it was something special and then the more you… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
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We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget that we are reading… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I'm on it pretty much all the time. I edit Wikipedia every day, I'm on Facebook, I'm on Twitter, I'm reading the… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
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