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I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career. — Nora Roberts
I don't want no lies, I don't watch TV. I don't waste my time, won't read a magazine. — Madonna Ciccone
If I could read your mind, what a tale your thoughts could tell. Just like a paperback novel, the kind that drugstores sell. — Gordon Lightfoot
Movie queens diffuse into Cinema haze, while libertines read pornozines in street cafes. — Al Stewart
She'd like to model or maybe act or star in a magazine. Before she signs any big contracts, she better learn how to read. — Thomas Dolby
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine. — Elton John
Never trust anything you read in a travel article. — Dave Barry
How might letters be most efficiently copied so that the blind might read them with their fingers? — Georg C. Lichtenberg
There is no form of prose more difficult to understand and more tedious to read than the average scientific paper. — Francis Crick
Five common traits of good writers: (1) They have something to say. (2) They read widely and have done so since childhood. (3) They possess… — James J. Kilpatrick
Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on… — Joseph Brodsky
I don't want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Don't get depressed when you read the press about world revolution and social unrest. Try not to panic when you switch on the news and… — Ray Davies
Don't try to touch my heart, it's darker than you think. And don't try to read my mind, because it's full of disappearing ink. — Elvis Costello
I wear black for those who never read or listen to the words that Jesus said, about the road to happiness, through love and charity. — Johnny Cash
Lord, forgive the times I tried to read your mind. — Keith Green
You know there's nothing a Hill Democrat would rather do than criticize another Democrat. It is their favorite activity. Then they can read about how… — James Carville
The guy I read and I love is Irvin Yalom. — Jason Clarke
I go on a lot of hikes. I read a lot. I play piano. — Michael Cera
On a summer night it can be lovely to sit around outside with friends after dinner and, yes, read poetry to each other. Keats and… — Michael Cunningham
Virginia Woolf's great novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway,' is the first great book I ever read. I read it almost by accident when I was in high… — Michael Cunningham
I knew how to read a contract by 10 years old, but I didn't know what it meant for somebody to come in and tell… — Corey Feldman
I love to read aloud. — Cornelia Funke
I love to read, I love to watch movies, and I love to be with my children. — Cornelia Funke
I don't like to eat the same dish every day, so I read very different things. — Cornelia Funke

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