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It is heartrending to read the entries in many an old family Bible - the records of suffering, distress, and blasted hopes. — Alice Morse Earle
Even though many Indians can read or speak English, for most, it is not their first language. At the office, we speak in English, but… — Amish Tripathi
Read my letter to the old folks, and give my love to them, and tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer, and when… — Harriet Tubman
A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to absorb, he must… — Richard Jefferies
No tyrant, however evil, has yet lacked ready hands to execute his most abominable will. To read how eagerly men have rushed to serve the… — Richard Jefferies
I read a lot of autobiographical stories, and I write plays and prose. And I play piano and cello. A lot of my downtime is… — Alexis Dziena
There are some good teachers out there, but the only one who is a genius at diagnosing my swing is my mom. She took up… — Boo Weekley
I was a Marvel kid, and I would have to say that Spiderman is my all-time favorite character. As I got older, my tastes developed… — Corey Taylor
When I read a review, 90% of the review is about my lifestyle, and the last two sentences are about the record. — Pete Wentz
The books I read, if they intrude on my writing, do so as weather will pass through and touch a landscape - affecting it, yes,… — Julia Glass
The kind of true-life writing that is fun to read - that makes an ally of the reader - is the kind that you are… — Julie Klausner
By the time I had got to college, I had begun to read and had decided that most of what Christians believed could not be… — Stanley Hauerwas
Reading is an exercise for learning how to write and vice versa. I have read myself into being a Christian, but I have also written… — Stanley Hauerwas
I think book clubs should read more contemporary poetry. — Chang-Rae Lee
Before I start my work in the morning, I need to have quickly browsed the entire paper, noting articles that I want to read during… — Chang-Rae Lee
We are made of the stories we have heard and read all through our lives. — Diane Setterfield
Job 29 is about Job reflecting on his past before the calamity hit him to say this is the type of man I was. So,… — Eric Ludy
Serial tasking is hard because switching tasks is hard, even when the tasks are easy and similar. In some experiments, bilingual speakers are asked to… — Sendhil Mullainathan
We used to dial; now we speed dial. We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we speed walk. And… — Carl Honore
My father always read obituaries to me out loud, not because he was maudlin or morbid, but because they were mini biographies. — Bill Paxton

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