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To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. - Barba

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. – Barbara Tuchman

Other quotes by Barbara Tuchman

The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard. – Barbara Tuchman

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History
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The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion. – Barbara Tuchman

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History
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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. – Barbara Tuchman

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Food
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I think the water dictates how food will taste in a country. In England the apples taste unlike apples grown in any other place. England is an island, theres a lot of salt in the air and in the water. I think that has something to do with it. – Gael Garcia Bernal

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Food

My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individuals knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis. – Emeril Lagasse

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Food

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better. – Robert Redford

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Food

For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable. – Gloria Steinem

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Food

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An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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In the NFL a lot of times everyone gets caught up in the business side of things. For them its all about money and it really leaves a sour taste in your mouth. – Brett Favre

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They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people. – Margaret Mahy

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War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures. – Ron Paul

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