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I read in the proof sheets of Hardy on Ramanujan: "As someone said, each of the positive integers was one of his personal friends." My… — John Edensor Littlewood
You don't have to gaze into a crystal ball when you can read an open book. — Aneurin Bevan
One of the less vaunted joys of Austen is that she is one of the greatest writers in the English language who also happened to… — Unknown Author
The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot… — Hannah More
Populism is the simple premise that markets need to be restrained by society and by a democratic political system. We are not socialists or communists,… — Molly Ivins
If you are selective about the things you choose to read, look at or listen to, then you are taking effective action against negative thinking.… — Zig Ziglar
The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at a painting with less effort than they can read a… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves. — Nikita Khrushchev
I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. — Helene Hanff
Although Kurt Vonnegut may not be considered a humor writer, 'Breakfast of Champions' is one of the funniest books I've ever read. — Justin Halpern
I also eat fruit instead of drinking juices. That's something I've read up on. I think that if you drink a lot of fruit juice… — Kris Humphries
When you read the Bible, read for quality not quantity. — Adrian Rogers
Some people read palms to tell your future, but I read hands to tell your past. Each scar makes a story worth telling. Each callused… — Sarah Kay
There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there. — Greg Ginn
I read a whole bunch of bits and pieces over the years, obviously from the fan magazines and the rest of the stuff, and I… — Davy Jones
You really canâ€™t write unless you read. You have to know what the game is all about. — Harold Brodkey
We all have a lot of people inside us, yet we get to live only one life. Fiction lets us slip into someone elseâ€™s skin,… — Steven Saylor
If you want to know a country, read its writers. — Aminatta Forna
I can't read ten pages of Steinbeck without throwing up. — James Gould Cozzens
I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps. — Leon Uris

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