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"I grew up during communism, when comics books were prohibited as capitalist decadent propaganda, western movies were censored, any book that could be in conflict with socialist ideology was prohibited…"

"America is not like a blanket -- one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size. America is more like a quilt: many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all wov…"

"Sir Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb: The Fiscal Rescript of ʿUmar II, Arabica. Brill. Volume 2, Issue 1: p. 1–16. January 1955"

"He adapted the words to the capacity of the Germans, often at the expense of accuracy. He cared more for the substance than the form. He turned the Hebrew shekel into a Silberling, the Greek drachma a…"

"I would like for my books to have been recognized posthumously, at least in capitalist countries, where they turn you into a kind of merchandise."

"If the establishment of the thesis 'mathematics is ontology' is the basis of this book, it is in no way its goal."

"Here she drew forth a small pocket-book, took from it a card and a pencil and, after meditating a moment, wrote a few words. It is our privilege to look over her shoulder, and if we exercise it we may…"

"In 'A Room of One's Own', Virginia Woolf satirically describes her perplexity at the bulging card catalog of the British Museum: why, she asks, are there so many books written by men about women but n…"

"Simon, always a fool for simplicity, accepted. Punch took an envelope out of his pocket and scribbled on the back of it. He said, 'This has a simple arithmetical proof but no rational explanation of t…"

"I read all these books and I had the feeling that just reading things is not enough. I also wanted to create my own stuff, to create something new."

"When I first read the dictionary, I thought it was a long poem about everything."

"People often repeat the fallacy that "film is a passive medium". The statement is usually elaborated like this: "When I read a story in a book, I have to use my imagination to conjure up what the char…"

"Every sect is a certificate that God has not plainly revealed his will to man. To each reader the Bible conveys a different meaning. About the meaning of this book, called a revelation, there have bee…"

"Full text of Florence Nightingale's book Notes on Nursing : What It Is, and What It Is Not from Project Gutenberg"

"He needs no library, for he has not done thinking; no church, for he is himself a prophet; no statute book, for he hath the Lawgiver; no money, for he is value itself; no road, for he is at home where…"

"The Ramacharitamanas undoubtedly is the great poem worthy to rank among the great classical masterpieces of world literature."

"To me, the Bible is a book. Important, no doubt, but a book."

"Kelly Tears Up During Poetry Reading From Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman"

"Do you consider a man to be a Christian by whose bread no hungry man is ever filled?"

"In the same book , I said if I was given a chance to identify with any character on television, I would choose Spock. I admire him, I like him and I respect him. I would rather be identified with Spoc…"