A great library contains the diary of the human race. – George Mercer Dawson
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The great British Library — one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or pure English, undefiled wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought. – Washington Irving
What is more important in a library than anything else – than everything else – is the fact that it exists. – Archibald MacLeish, "The Premise of Meaning," American Scholar, 5 June 1
There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud. – Edward Kennedy
What was funny if you were there is that we were all immensely sophisticated people who knew exactly what she was going to say and were chatting away, nice to see you. – Anthony Holden
I think the one thing this picture shows thats new is the psychological disproportion of the kids demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too. – James Dean
