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People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books.


Harvey Pekar
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I'd hope to reach any kid who feels apart from the group - those who seem to be outsiders, who feel different. Kids who want to reach their parents often don't know how to do so.
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I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.
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She did not admire him any more than she had. It was merely that she considered him the Lesser of two evils.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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I remember my father checking on a mountain kid who hadn't been coming to school. My father had this beautiful Harris tweed overcoat. He came back with a knife cut all down one side. The parents had told him it was none of his business why their son wasn't going to school.
Charles Frazier
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My heart goes out to the grieving parents who lost their two-year-old or their newborn.


Elizabeth Edwards
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I have parents come up to me and say, 'I don't know who you are, but my kid wants his picture taken with you.'
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Parents with meager means have the same aspirations for their children as other parents. Children from poor families have the same needs as other children.
Mark Sanford
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I played Dungeons & Dragons and have read comic books since I was a kid.


Phil LaMarr
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Peter Matthiessen
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I used to have all the Goosebumps books as a kid too.


Tom Felton
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I can be poor, I can lose a job, I can have a hospital bill that I don't know how to pay, for I can do all these things through Him who strengthens me.
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I was born with an extremely negative attitude. I was the kid who wouldn't smile in Christmas photos, was a poor sport, and hated a lot of things. I eventually grew out of my negativity when I matured.
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Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it.
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