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Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind. – Richard Powers

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What we can do should never by itself determine what we choose to do, yet this is the way technology tends to work. – Richard Powers

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Technology
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Richard Powers
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I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects. – Richard Powers

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Science
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The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that were disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning. – Richard Powers

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Imagination
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Other Quotes from
Libraries
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The dust and odour of ancient libraries, the gloom of those crypts of literature, have… all the charm of freshest images and freshest poetry. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Libraries

A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them. – Lemony Snicket

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Libraries

Librarians are generals in the war on ignorance. – Author Unknown

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Libraries

I myself spent hours at the Columbia library as intimidated and embarassed as a famished gourmet invited to a dream restaurant where every dish from all the worlds cuisines, past and present, was available on request. – Luigi Barzini

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Libraries

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Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight. – Lauren Conrad

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