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Reading

«Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.»
«Reading, to most people, means an ashamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified name»
Author: Ernest Dimnet | About: Reading | Keywords: dignified, dignifies, dignify, disguised
«Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.»
«Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.»
«Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.»
Author: Mary Schmich | About: Reading | Keywords: discount, discounting, everywhere, ticket
«Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading.»
«Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.»
«Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.»
«Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.»
«Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.»
Author: Marcus Aurelius | About: Reading | Keywords: everlasting, lazy, readers

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