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Read not Milton, for he is dry; nor Shakespeare, for he wrote of common life. — Charles Stuart Calverley
When I first read the script, I realized that Katie would have to be played as a rather down-to-earth person. — Dorothy McGuire
My mother taught me to read. — Fiona Shaw
The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into… — J M Roberts
Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the… — Wislawa Szymborska
To be amused at what you read - that is the great spring of quotation. — Charles Edward Montague
Learning can take place in the backyard if there is a human being there who cares about the child. Before learning computers, children should learn… — Dixie Carter
I started writing this feature comedy in New York - a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to LA, I met… — David Steinberg
I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off. — David Steinberg
In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read. — Peter Davison
He is a very positive captain; he is proactive as well as reactive. He is keen to read the game, to get in there, and… — David Gower
As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature. — Cao Yu
We read Greek and Norse mythology until it came out of our ears. And the Bible. — Penelope Lively
Since then, I have just read and read - but, that said, I suppose there is a raft of writers to whom I return again… — Penelope Lively
And we also read Newsweek, Time and several newspapers. — Hanoi Hannah
Oh I am trying to remember, we would read the script after we did the show. — David Selby
We would change out of costume, then we would read the next days script. — David Selby
My mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I said I wanted to read poetry with her. — Guy Johnson
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can… — Brooks Adams
One of the books we read a few years ago that had a big effect on us was Repeated Takes by Michael Chanan. — Colin Greenwood

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