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"So, what are you reading?"

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

"You have issues? Be more specific, what issues?"

'But he's supposed to tell everyone how much you weigh! '

Reading

Bibliomaniac

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Teacher boxing book: 'As I told you, today we're gonna really hit the books!'

"Keep it up. His knuckles are getting really sore"

'He has some unresolved issues.'

'Y'know it started as a bedtime story he told his kids.'

Roald Dahl's books updated for modern sensitivities.

"Poor kid, his parents gave him a book for Christmas."

Attorney Punching Bag

"Have you figured out what the powers of that new super hero will be? How about the power to meet deadlines? That would be a good power?"

"Try a new tactic, punch back."

'It says 'three percent split infititives, 8 percent passive verbs, 16 percent compound-complex sentences,average sentence length 26 words,paperback rights $3.2 million,movie sales $8.3 million,total take $11.5 million,less 5 percent agents fees.'

'Tell the doctor I'll be with him in another page and a half.'

Cat boxer

'TV on the blink?'

'I have high hopes of Wisden knocking the Da Vinci code off the top of the best sellers list.'

'I've gone over the fight tapes and I think I've pinpointed your weakness.'

Books: Meet the Guy Who Sells the Books

"Really, there was no need to regurgitate the whole thing."

"If that book is gonna deposit hundreds of grains of sand into our bed later tonight, it better be damn juicy."

'Well, the toughest part of the fight is over . . . getting though the hostile crowd.'

Writer's block

"I sort of imagined with a live reading, he'd be reading out loud."

"For a second there I thought I heard a page turn, as if someone was actually reading a book. Must be repressed memories from the old days."

'Couldn't finish it. I got reader's block.'

'I'm making a fortune. I tell everyone the punch is full of antioxidants.'

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'Joe Louis was right - you can run, but you can't hide.'

"Can we just wait until they make the film?"

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