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"Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens."

"When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults."

"I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world."

"Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please."

"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."

"In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them."

"What if I were seeking a hardcopy? A book I can bury my nose in metaphorically and literally if I'm a self-confessed book-sniffer and proud to say so."
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"The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals."

"It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents."

"The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease."

"In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions."

"To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle."
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