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This great Mughal Emperor [Akbar] was illiterate; he could neither read nor write. However, that had not stopped Akbar from cultivating the acquaintance of the… — Unknown Author
In Sussex Drive, Linda Svendsen takes us deep behind the lines of Ottawa’s politics, polls and pomp, and into the lives of Canada’s two most… — Unknown Author
I read to be alone. I read so as not to be alone. — Unknown Author
Never buy hardcover books. They are designed to sell to those who don't actually read. Along with books, many other things can be read: natural… — Unknown Author
But this is exactly why I read--and don't belong to a book group--because reading is the most individual thing there is. Why collectivize it? Didn't… — Peter Orner
Writing is a way of living. It doesn't quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in the world to… — Rachel Kushner
To read and write will help you understand life. . .to sew and mend will help you survive it. — Gail Tsukiyama
Exhaustively researched and beautifully written, Cronkite is a classic. Douglas Brinkley has written his best book yet. This is a fascinating story that will be… — Debby Applegate
Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. — Unknown Author
It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to figure out code. You should be able to read it. — Steve McConnell
There is a name hidden in the shadow of my soul, where I read it night and day and no other eye sees it. — Alphonse de Lamartine
There's a subtle reason that programmers always want to throw away the code and start over. The reason is that they think the old code… — Joel Spolsky
The most popular typefaces are the easiest to read; their popularity has made them disappear from conscious cognition. It becomes impossible to tell if they… — Zuzana Licko
You can't just be you. You have to double yourself. You have to read books on subjects you know nothing about. You have to travel… — Mary Wells Lawrence
Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live… — Jean Anouilh
I had carefully read the Balfour Declaration. I had familiarized myself with the history of the question of a Jewish homeland and the position of… — Harry S. Truman
I read in a newspaper that I was to be received with all the honors customarily rendered to a foreign ruler. I am grateful for… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
If he can give his readers no reason why they should read his book, except that the events happened to him, it is not a… — Ayn Rand
The trouble with radicals is that they only read radical literature, and the trouble with conservatives is that they don't read anything — Thomas Nixon Carver
Turn over the pages of history and read the damning record of the church's opposition to every advance in every field of science. . .… — Upton Sinclair
I read in the newspaper that the Catholic Church finally decided that it had been theologically improper to try to convert the Jews. Whoops! Sorry… — Alan Dershowitz
The reality is that most of us sit at home and read about the Super Bowl and the 1,000 parties, and we won't have an… — Charlie Anderson
It is impossible to read the daily press without being diverted from reality. You are full of enthusiasm for the eternal verities - life is… — Patrick Kavanagh
It is absolutely stunning. You cannot read numbers that communicate what the reality is. That's part of what I'm trying to get across and that's… — Hedrick Smith
And a friend of mine in the Christys, we used to sit up at night and talk and read and wonder if reincarnation, and if… — Barry McGuire

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