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Literacy Quotes

"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read."

"Don't just teach your children to read, teach them to question what they read"

"The wisest man I ever knew in my life could not read or write"

"The book you don't read won't help"

"You learn best by reading a lot and writing a lot."

"I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage."

"Reading to your kids creates a consciousness of love and words together."

"I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot."

"He who opens a school door, closes a prison"

"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark"

"Don’t just teach your kids to read, teach them to question what they read. "

"For the sake of knowledge and a better-informed public, it is necessary to celebrate a cult of the book, even and especially in these times of the book's accelerated commodification."

"You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child."

"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers"

"A person who does not read is no better than one who cannot"

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