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My mother sang with me in her stomach; I sang with Bobbi Kris in my stomach. I believe the child starts to develop within, and… — Whitney Houston
Our Children no longer learn how to read the great book of Nature from their own direct experience, or how to interact creatively with the… — Wendell Berry
I never before knew the full value of trees. Under them I breakfast, dine, write, read and receive my company. — Thomas Jefferson
If the book is true, it will find an audience that is meant to read it. — Wally Lamb
I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers. — Rudyard Kipling
The free man is not he who defies the rules ... but he who, recognizing the compulsions inherent in his being, seeks rather to read,… — Bernard Iddings Bell
We all start out knowing magic. We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us. We are born able to sing to birds… — Robert R. McCammon
The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a page. — Saint Augustine
I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had… — Brian Andreas
In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is… — Leigh Steinberg
(Whispered to a novice while standing in front of the convent library) Oh! I would have been sorry to have read all those books...If I… — Therese of Lisieux
Every flower of the field, every fiber of a plant, every particle of an insect carries with it the impress of its Maker and can-if… — Sir Thomas Blount, 1st Baronet
Her pleasure in the walk must arise from the exercise and the day, from the view of the last smiles of the year upon the… — Jane Austen
The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by… — Benjamin Rush
The Bible, when not read in schools, is seldom read in any subsequent period of life...The Bible...should be read in our schools in preference to… — Benjamin Rush
I was taught to read by my grandmother. Central to her method was a tale of unnatural love called 'The Duck and the Kangaroo'. Then,… — Gore Vidal
This very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When we want to read of the deeds that are done for love, whither do we turn? To the murder column. — George Bernard Shaw
It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions… — Mahatma Gandhi
Our flag is read, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbown-red, yellow, brown, black and white - and we're all precious in God's… — Jesse Jackson

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