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"Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having read its books."
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"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."
"Thanks to bad graphic design, some readers love only the electronic version of some books."
"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."
"It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks."
"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books."
"Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out."
"To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate - unlike most films."
"As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them."
"You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here."
"I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess."
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"If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war and peace, I think it does impair the level of trust that the House and the Senate have for this administration."
"Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having read its books."
"I still think it would be a great mistake to go into a war without support of our friends and allies."
"The Democratic Party needs to look carefully at moving towards the middle, where the American people are."
"Mr. Dingell is just plain Mr. Dingell. And when he gets to be chairman of the Commerce Committee, he doesn't let it go to his head. However, he thinks he would be a very, very good chairman."
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