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It’s funny that I got to do ‘On the Road’ because the thing that had the biggest impact on me growing up was reading books. I was very inspired by the book and this spirit of Dean Moriarty and how envious we all are of somebody who can be that carefree  (Reading And Growing Quotes) I always loved reading. Growing up, my favorite book was ‘A Child’s Garden of Verses,’ by Robert Louis Stevenson  (Reading And Growing Quotes) I grew up poor in crappy situations... various crappy situations. What kept me sane was reading and music. I had so many different literary tastes growing up, be it fiction like Stephen King or Piers Anthony or non-fiction like reading Hunter S. Thompson essays or reading the Beats. I was a huge fan of the Beat movement.  (Reading And Growing Quotes) When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them to care about my kids. But I did not want my children’s public school teachers teaching them religion. That was my job as a parent and the job of our church, Sunday school, and youth group.  (Reading And Growing Quotes) I remember ‘Roots’ growing up and the cultural impact it had on the country. Watching ‘Roots’ was not the cool remove of reading about slavery in a book or hearing about it in class. It became something that swept people along.  (Reading And Growing Quotes) I was fortunate to grow up in a middle-class home with two hardworking parents who enjoyed both reading and mathematics.  (Reading And Growing Quotes) Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history  (Reading And Growing Quotes) Reading keeps me sane. Growing up, it was my scape, my alternative; it provided both rebellion and peace  (Reading And Growing Quotes)