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Because you don't learn anything unless you can find the patience to read. TV takes that away from you. It robs you from your mind.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Learn
Away
Anything
Robs
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Patience
Mind
Unless
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