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I read something in the paper that really confused me the other day. It said that 80 percent of the people in New York are… — Louis C. K.
It's amazing what some people read into songs. — Richard Thompson
On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires… — Eberhard Weber
An author is somebody who writes a story. It doesn't matter if you're a kid or if you're a grown-up, it doesn't matter if the… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka
A personal story of the horrors that Poles lived through during World War II. When God Looked the Other Way, above all else, explains why… — Arnold Beichman
It's always strange to read the things you've hoped for in the past because by now those hopes may be spoken for or gone, transformed… — Andrew McMahon
The Ploughmen is as good a book as Iâ€™ve read in years. Kim Zupanâ€™s language is as rich as Cormac McCarthyâ€™s, and like Cormacâ€™s, it… — Rick DeMarinis
I could read at a very early age and I loved stories, losing myself in stories, novels. — Heather Donahue
Making eye contact during rough sex is roughly the equivalent of trying to read Dostoyevsky on a rollercoaster. — Jenna Jameson
Read poems to yourself in the middle of the night. Turn on a single lamp and read them while you're alone in an otherwise dark… — Edward Hirsch
If youâ€™re frustrated because youâ€™re not getting what you want, stop for a second: Have you actually flat-out asked for it? If you havenâ€™t, stop… — Sophia Amoruso
The Booker thing was a catalyst for me in a bizarre way. Itâ€™s perceived as an accolade to be published as a â€˜literaryâ€™ writer, but,… — Neil Cross
Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write. — Wally Amos
As far as cuisine is concerned one must read everything, see everything, hear everything, try everything, observe everything, in order to retain in the end,… — Fernand Point
You have to listen to your own voice. Not your heart, not your instincts, not any of that self-permissive psycho-babble stuff. No, none of that.… — Fleur Adcock
With calm, knowledgeable precision, Daniel Ziblatt wades into the adjacent swamps of federalism and nineteenth-century European history, emerging with hands full of gems. Beneath the… — Charles Tilly
Patrick Cheng's Radical Love is not only an excellent introduction to LGBT theology but an important contribution to the discipline of theology and the life… — James H. Cone
Anthropologists visit the temple sites and read the inscriptions and make up stories about the Maya, but they do not read the signs correctly. Its… — Carlos Barrios
We read novels because we need stories; we crave them; we canâ€™t live without telling them and hearing them. Stories are how we make sense… — John Dufresne
Reading honest literature makes you love the world. Knowledge and understanding are love. Reading educates our feelings and enhances our sympathy. When you read for… — John Dufresne

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