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Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular classes, should read… — Anna Letitia Barbauld
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to… — Francis Bacon
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider. — Francis Bacon
I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books. — Kevin Bacon
I keep thinking I'll enjoy suspense novels, and sometimes I do. I've read about 20 Dick Francis novels. — Nicholson Baker
I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in… — Russell Baker
That's how I prepare for anything - I read whatever I can get my hands on, talk to people. I'm a bit of a nerd… — Amy Adams
And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy that really made… — Alan Ball
In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I don't really get… — Alan Ball
When I go home, the last thing I want to do is read about the popular lore of vampires. — Alan Ball
I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China, which is supposedly the tea… — Antonio Banderas
As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a… — Iain Banks
I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a… — Russell Banks
I would be far more critical than any reviewer could be of my own work. So I simply don't read them. — John Banville
I live in Spain. Oscars are something that are on TV Sunday night. Basically, very late at night. You don't watch, you just read the… — Javier Bardem
When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. — Julian Barnes
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he… — Henry Adams
Humanity is a failed experiment, but I think I'm God and I'd like to start over. I don't want to die, I just want everyone… — Roseanne Barr
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. — John Adams
I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free. — John Barrymore

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