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A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place whe

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. – Norman Cousins

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Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis – once that crisis can be recognized and understood. – Norman Cousins

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