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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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A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or does is without consequences. – 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 worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed scores of Beethoven, that are full of mistakes. Not the wrong or false notes, but the wrong dynamic, understandable things. – Kurt Masur

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Its funny – nowadays people that are famous get chased by paparazzi. They have this fame, but they dont have the money to hide from it. – Matt LeBlanc

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I became an actor, and because I had success as an actor, I became famous. I was acting for quite a while before I got famous television made me famous. I guess that its television that is responsible for everybodys desire to be famous. – Kelsey Grammer

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I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal. – Zach Galifianakis

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And in today already walks tomorrow. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones. – Nathaniel Howe

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Man can never be a womans equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her. – Mahatma Gandhi

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