While no one reads, sometimes, like a drunken miner or a prostitute, we can sit through a play. More commonly we will notice that some of things we say are based on a Shakespearian play. NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts has joined with the Folger Shakespeare Library to present Shakespeare in American Life.

Personally, I like to just look educated with out actually being educated. One way I do this to quote the great thinkers of humankind. Here is a list of sites you can get quotes from, so you to can sound educated. (If you learn something, don't blame me!):

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