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"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More

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"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More

"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — F... More

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More

"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More

"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More