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Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books.
Simon Raven

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Author Details:
Type:
Novelist Quotes
Category:
English Novelist Quotes
Date of Birth:
December 28, 1927
Date of Death:
May 12, 2001
Nationality:
English
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Quote Keywords:

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Alone, Another, Boring, Concluded, Drudgery, Induce, Make, Nothing, Read, Scholarship, Soon, Thing, Very, Would
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