John Philip Kemble (1757–1823) British actor-manager
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 40.
“You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read…”
— Keri Hulme, book The Bone People
Source: The Bone People
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