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School made us 'literate' but did not teach us to read for pleasure.


Ambeth R. Ocampo

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R. TAGORE To be handed a lot of money is to be handed a glass sword, blade first.
R. BACH Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.
R. GEIS & Whenn i Scratch my Nailss Down hisss baqqqq ; yourrr gonnahhh feel it.
JEANETTE R. Be a froot loop in a world full of cheerios :)
SANDRA R We are relentless.
We don't compromise grace.
But when we hunt, we're vicious.
FRIDA R. The person who's made for you is gonna love the good, bad, and ugly parts of you.
FRIDA R. She falls back like a dead weight. The red hair loosens from the hair band and spreads in the colorf...
PAT R Other kids could read, other kids could write, other kids could spell, they could do math. I felt li...
R. KELLY I belive I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky.
R. KELLY For every quote, there is one that challenges it.
R. ALISTAIR I started learning everybody's riffs, from Donny Hathaway to Jeffrey Osborne to James Ingram. Th...
R. KELLY I've called myself the Pied Piper, I've called myself the Weatherman, I've called myself...
R. KELLY I don't really know the story of the Pied Piper. I don't read stories, first of all. I just ...
R. KELLY We strive hard for excellence in the music, while striving even harder for change outside the music.
R-SWIFT I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or ...
R. KELLY When I think of musical geniuses, I think of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Prince....
R. KELLY Everyone wants the fairy tale, but don’t forget there are dragons in those stories.
R. QUEEN The world is going crazy, Karl. And when the world is crazy, a sane man is never okay." from The Ber...
R. SHARENOW A true friend sees your tears of sadness,
And quickly turns them into tears of joy and laughte...
R. BENZADI When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put th...
R. L. STINE However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to ...
B. R. AMBEDKAR I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my...
A. R. RAHMAN We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.
DAVID R. BROWER Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it...
EDWARD R. MURROW They call people who love London 'Anglophiles' and people who love France 'Francophiles....
T. R. KNIGHT David Mamet's writing is pretty spectacular, obviously. I like the honesty of it; I like how fun...
T. R. KNIGHT For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it...
T. R. KNIGHT In the end, I need to be fulfilled in my work - that's more important than the money.
T. R. KNIGHT The list of my favorite experiences would almost equal the list of plays I've been in. There are...
T. R. KNIGHT I guess there have been a few questions about my sexuality, and I'd like to quiet any unnecessar...
T. R. KNIGHT The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notic...
R. D. LAING As we take our places in the General Assembly and at the Council meetings, let us begin all our work...
WARREN R. AUSTIN