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A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be th

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas – a place where history comes to life. – Norman Cousins

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The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started. – Norman Cousins

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The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny. – Norman Cousins

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I think success right now is not about how famous you are or how much youre getting paid, but its more about if youre steadily working and youre happy with what youre doing. – Sarah Hyland

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Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous. – Don Johnson

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In Los Angeles, as I gained and lost celebrity, then gained it again, I often found myself wondering why I, out of thousands like me, had become famous. – Patrick Dempsey

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I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, youre objectifying yourself in some weird way. – Ethan Hawke

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In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized. – Clara Zetkin

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And upsidedown in the earth a dead man walks upon my soles when I walk. – Bill Knott, “(End) of Summer (1966)” (Thanks, Laurie)

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