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It's hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn't a book… — Bruce Tognazzini
I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous… — Walter Johnson
Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any… — Abraham Lincoln
As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was… — Elfriede Jelinek
As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes. — Abraham Lincoln
Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read. — Mark Twain
If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle them, and, as it were, fondle them. Let them fall open where they will.… — Winston Churchill
Historians will consider this a dark age. Science historians can read Galileos technical correspondence from the 1590s but not Marvin Minskys from the 1960s. — Stewart Brand
Some things are to hard to believe, however entertaining they might be to hear or read. — Hal Clement
The Universe is a grand book which cannot be read until one first learns to comprehend the language and become familiar with the characters in… — Galileo Galilei
If arithmetic overflow is a fatal error, some fascist pig with a read-only mind is trying to enforce machine independence. — Bill Gosper
Let the man who would hear God speak, read Holy Scriptures. — Martin Luther
The Bible is the proper book for men. There the truth is distinguished from error far more clearly than anywhere else, and one finds something… — Martin Luther
For as the aged, or those whose sight is defective, when any book, however fair, is set before them, though they perceive that there is… — John Calvin
I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books. — Harvey Pekar
I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Dialogue in fiction is always written to be read in silence. The page is the limit. Dialogue on stage and on the screen is meant… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Your reality, isnâ€™t restricted by this cell we live in. If you read something, if you study something, you transcend any cell youâ€™re inside of — Manuel Puig
Among the small number of things that I have liked and known how to do well, what I have assuredly known how to do best… — Guy Debord
All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit… — Penelope Lively

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