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I never really liked poetry readings; I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group.
— Leonard Cohen
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To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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I have a rule that I don't read my press, but then somebody in the crew will be reading it and of course it's right…
— Tori Amos
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Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need to read in your lifetime. If you're going to read…
— Kevin J. Anderson
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Even as a kid, I read 'Jung - Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales'; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing…
— Pamela Anderson
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I don't look at the tabloids. I don't read the tabloids.
— Pamela Anderson
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Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see…
— Tadao Ando
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I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it's…
— Julie Andrews
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The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.
— Maya Angelou
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I've read everything Thomas Wolfe ever wrote; my brother and I memorized whole chapters of 'You Can't Go Home Again' and 'Look Homeward, Angel.'
— Maya Angelou
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I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the…
— Maya Angelou
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Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to…
— Maya Angelou
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I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother,…
— Maya Angelou
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I read the Bible to myself; I'll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and…
— Maya Angelou
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Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it's right, it's easy. It's the other way round, too. If it's slovenly written, then it's hard…
— Maya Angelou
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For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation to me, libraries…
— Maya Angelou
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People around you are quick to read your attitude of thought toward them. Inner thoughts and feelings are communicated in ways other than by the…
— Grenville Kleiser
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I love to read about what my love life is really like.
— Jennifer Aniston
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I read a lot of scripts that I just don't find very funny.
— Jennifer Aniston
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I don't buy the tabloids, but you're surrounded by it all and people tell you things they've read. I'd be sitting on a train looking…
— Francesca Annis
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