A small brown bird perches on an open blank book beside a curling teal ribbon, green leaves and tiny white flowers.

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Aaron Altman

I can sing while I read, I am singing and reading - both!

— Broadcast News · 1987

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker announces an ability and immediately demonstrates it through the words: singing and reading are happening together. Repeating both activities makes the claim sound excited and slightly overblown. An everyday combination becomes a small performance of being able to do two things at once.

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