I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to know or do in half a dozen lifetimes. — J. B. Priestley
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J. B. Priestley : British Writer
Born: September 13, 1894
Died: August 14, 1984
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting….
Without words, without writing and without books there would…
A life without books is a thirsty life, and one without poet …
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