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"The true university of these days is a collection of books."

"Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away."

"Perhaps this new kind of reading will appeal to us after we give it a try."

"All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened."

"I was burning through books every day - stories about people and places I'd never heard of. They were perhaps the only thing that kept me from teetering into utter despair."

"Isn't it true that a well-read book seems more alive to you, Ms Rainn?"

"Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000. Books in an average neighborhood branch library: 20,000."
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"It wasn't until the movie came out that it all changed for us. Some people say it was the start of Ten Years After, but in another way, it was the beginning of the end."

"There is a big age gap between my sisters Janice and Irma and myself so I didn't know them that well when I was younger although they have been very supportive in later life."

"I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig."

"George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy."

"We also did something called the Texas Peace Festival, which was actually a better gig both musically, and in the way it was organised."

"I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school."
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