 “ I conceive that a knowledge of Books is the basis on which all other knowledge rests. ” ~ George Washington
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“ But the examinations are the chief bugbears of my college life. Although I have faced them many times and cast them down and made them bite the dust, yet they rise again and menace me with pale looks, until like Bob Acres I feel my courage oozing out at my finger ends. The days before these ordeals take place are spent in cramming your mind with mystic formula and indigestible dates - unpalatable diets, until you wish that Books and science and you were buried in the depths of the sea. ” ~ Helen Keller
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“ some loved poet touch a deep, sweet chord in the soul that until then had been silent. But in college there is no time to commune with one's thoughts. One goes to college to learn, it seems, not to think. When one enters the portals of learning, one leaves the dearest pleasures--solitude, Books and imagination--outside with the whispering pines. I suppose I ought to find some comfort in the thought that I am laying up treasures for future enjoyment, but I am improvident enough to prefer present joy to hoarding riches against a rainy day. ” ~ Helen Keller
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“ There are three things that grow more precious with age; old wood to burn, old Books to read, and old friends to enjoy. ” ~ Henry Ford
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“ A man searching for paradise lost can seem a fool to those who never sought the other world. ” ~ Jack London
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“ Who are you, Martin Eden? he demanded of himself in the looking- ” ~ Jim Morrison
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“ The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger. On list of human stories is used examples -- do what these people did. Another list of human stories is used as warnings -- don't do what these people did. So if your story ever gets in one of these Books, make sure they use it as an example, not a warning. ” ~ Jim Rohn
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“ All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Remember the Dick-and-Jane Books and the first word you learned the biggest word of all look. ” ~ Robert Fulghum
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“ It wasn't in Books. It wasn't in a church. What I needed to know was out there in the world. ” ~ Robert Fulghum
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“ There is nothing in your budget for joy. No Books, no flowers, no music, not even a cold beer. And there is nothing in your budget to give away to someone else. We don't help people who don't have better values than you do. ” ~ Robert Fulghum
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“ A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of Books. ” ~ Earl Nightingale
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“ Books are a source of pleasure - the purest and the most lasting. They enhance your sensation of the interestingness of life. Reading them is not a violent pleasure like the gross enjoyment of an uncultivated mind, but a subtle delight. ” ~ Earl Nightingale
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“ In one of the Monthly Letters from the Royal Bank of Canada it was pointed out that reading good Books is not something to be indulged in as a luxury. It is a necessity for anyone who intends to give his life and work a touch of quality. The most real wealth is not what we put into our piggy banks but what we develop in our heads. Books instruct us without anger, threats and harsh discipline. They do not sneer at our ignorance or grumble at our mistakes. They ask only that we spend some time in the company of greatness so that we may absorb some of its attributes. ” ~ Earl Nightingale
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“ Some people act as if it were demeaning to their manhood to wish to be well-read but you can no more be a healthy person mentally without reading substantial Books than you can be a vigorous person physically without eating solid food. Books should be chosen, not for their freedom from evil, but for their possession of good. Dr. Johnson said: "Whilst you stand deliberating which book your son shall read first, another boy has read both. ” ~ Earl Nightingale
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“ Reading dispels prejudices which hem our minds within narrow spaces. One of the things that will surprise you as you read good Books from all over the world and from all times of man is that human nature is much the same today as it has been ever since writing began to tell us about it. ” ~ Earl Nightingale
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“ You may read because you never had an opportunity to go to college, and Books give you a chance to get something you missed. You may read because your job is routine, and Books give you a feeling of depth in life. ” ~ Earl Nightingale
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“ I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of Books, not the first. ” ~ Seth Godin
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“ Oddly, the meanings of Books are defined for me much more by their beginnings and middles than they are by their endings. ” ~ Lev Grossman
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“ We shouldn't teach great Books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement. ” ~ B.F. Skinner
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“ We shouldn't teach great Books; we should teach a love of reading. ” ~ B.F. Skinner
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