![I had a very sparse comic upbringing - not because I was being whipped into reading [Anton] Chekhov and [Charles] Dickens, but I read Asterix on holidays when I was a kid, and Tin Tin was featured, I remember, for a few years.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-had-a-very-sparse-comic-upbringing-not-because-i-was-being-whipped-into-readi.jpg)
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reading believe writing
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reading years people
I hear people all the time say, well I read through the Bible last year. Well, so what? I'm all for reading through the Bible. But how much of that got on the inside, or did they just cover three more chapters today? I would never discredit reading the Scriptures, but it is important to meditate on it. Charles Stanley
reading age praying
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reading light giving
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reading writing impossible
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reading long enough
The days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.
kids wells understood
Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it. Alanis Morissette
kids winning
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kids scientist natural
Kids are natural scientists. Alan Alda
kids mind desperate
In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid. Al Purdy
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kids enjoyed
I went to all the Love-Ins. I took my kids. I enjoyed myself. Al Lewis
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kids years add
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holiday car house
I've never really cared much about money. I've got enough to live on. And it's not like I live in a fancy house, it's not like I own a car, and it's not like I ever go on holiday. Alan Moore
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Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning. Alan Bradley
holiday black goes-on
I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan. Al Sharpton
holiday past perfect
Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism. Caroline Kennedy
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We are pleased with our performance during this year's holiday season and remain comfortable with our outlook for the year overall.
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I get recognised in the street, but that's more from all the Scottish people who are down in Blackpool on their holidays. Charlie Adam
holiday home thinking
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holiday sweaters age
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