Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.
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I never read about photography.
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My mother taught me to read.
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I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.
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I would read all day if I could.
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You can't believe everything you read. I am only six foot three, by the way.
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I tend to read non-fiction.
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I read French much better than I speak.
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I met this woman who was a hundred, this housekeeper, a hundred years old. I interviewed her. She just told me about her whole life. She's like, 'I can't read, I can't write; I can tell you who I was working for, and I can tell you the year, but who was president?'
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I read a lot of thrillers, especially American crime novels.
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Don't classify me, read me.
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Pornography is literature designed to be read with one hand.
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My wife and I are very blessed. I am very grateful for the life that we lead.
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I think that the worst thing is realizing that mankind - that - that human beings can be so horrible to other human beings.
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God created us for love, for union, for forgiveness and compassion and, yet, that has not been our storyline. That has not been our history.
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Brenna’s eyes widened. Raising a hand, she brushed his hair gently off his forehead. “Why do I keep telling you things I swore I’d take to my grave?” The contact shot electricity through his nerves. “Because you know I’ll always be your shield against the nightmares.
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People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.
