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After all people don’t read books, they sample them. They read three or four pages in any book and say. “Gee, it’s great. Someday I’m going to read this book.”
“It Will Probably End the Motor Car” (1976), p 28
Quote #5959
Year:
1976
Chapter:
Reading
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