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1->''"Mayday! Mayday! This looks like the end! I never learned how to read!!"''
2-->-- '''Pit''', ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''
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4->'''Tuco:''' ''(reading a note left by Angel Eyes)'' See you soon, id-id-ids...\
5'''Blondie:''' ''(takes the note)'' Idiots. It's for you.
6-->-- ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''
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8->''"What up, I'm Jared, I'm 19, and I never [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] learned how to read."''
9-->-- [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CqCCBohjaqA This Vine]]
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11->''"The fact is that I am unique. I am not interested in what one man may transmit to other men; like the [[Creator/{{Socrates}} philosopher]], I think that nothing is communicable by the art of writing. Bothersome and trivial details have no place in my spirit, which is prepared for all that is vast and grand; I have never retained the difference between one letter and another. A certain generous impatience has not permitted that I learn to read. Sometimes I deplore this, for the nights and days are long."''
12-->-- '''Asterion''', ''Literature/TheHouseOfAsterion''
13
14->''"Ha ha ha, I can't read."''
15-->-- '''Person''', ''WebAnimation/{{asdfmovie}}2''
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17->''"[[AccidentalMisnaming Miss Puffins]], I'll be square with you. You work with '''exceptionally''' subnormal men. Defectives. Drunks. Sex criminals.'' War ''criminals. I'm fairly certain four of them can't even read."''
18-->-- '''Saxton Hale''', ''Webcomic/TeamFortress2''
19
20->''All those lines and circles, to me, a mystery\
21Eve pull down the apple and give a taste to me\
22If she could it would be wonderful, but my pride is in the way\
23I cannot read to save my life, I'm so ashamed to say''
24-->-- '''Music/TenThousandManiacs''', "Cherry Tree"
25
26->''Readin' and-a writin' never did get through to me\
27But when it came to makin' love, I learned my ay-bee-cees\
28Now please excuse me for scribblin'\
29I can barely write my name''
30-->-- '''Music/WhiteBoyJamesAndTheBluesExpress''', ''VideoGame/Starcraft2''
31
32->'''Barbara:''' What's happened, Cass? Speak to me!\
33'''Cassandra:''' She's hurt. Knocked Out.\
34'''Barbara:''' What about the book? Did she find the self-destruct command?\
35'''Cassandra:''' Yes, it's-- it's here.\
36'''Barbara:''' Well then, what are you waiting for? What is it?\
37'''Cassandra:''' I-- I don't know. I can't read.\
38'''Barbara:''' Dammit, Cassie, I know you can't read! Just tell me the letters and I'll work it out, okay?\
39'''Cassandra:''' There's one of those…uh…straight lines going up, with a round thing on the--\
40'''Barbara:''' You're kidding -- you still don't even know the damn alphabet?! All those hours you spend practicing martial arts and you can't spare the time to learn your #$%@ ABC's?! For God's sake, Cassie -- how stupid can you be?!
41-->-- ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'' issue 54
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43->''"I am'' not ''illiterate! My parents were married!"''
44-->-- '''Lord Redbrick''', ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet''
45
46->''"Oh wait, I can't read."''
47-->-- '''Knuckles the Echidna''' after trying and failing to read an invitation, ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom''
48
49->''"Turns out you're not dyslexic, you're just really really stupid."''
50-->-- '''Creator/FrankieBoyle''', ''Series/MockTheWeek'', "Bad things for a teacher to say"

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