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I listened to the audio edition of this book, brilliantly performed by John Ventimiglia. I loved every word of this book. I recently read that Kerouac endeavored to imbue his writing with the spirit of jazz improvisation and this is very much the cas ...more |
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| This book had some common sense techniques to enhance written communication. However, I feel it lacks generosity and has a very brusque and unwelcoming tone. I believe that there is merit in enhancing written communication to be more than just data, ...more | |
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| It was a little hard getting accustomed to the cadence of this novel, translated from the original Japanese but it was well worth the effort. This is a whimsical contemporary fairy tale with a warmth and generosity that I greatly appreciated. It also ...more | |
“A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.”
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“I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.”
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“Congratulations on the new library, because it isn't just a library. It is a space ship that will take you to the farthest reaches of the Universe, a time machine that will take you to the far past and the far future, a teacher that knows more than any human being, a friend that will amuse you and console you -- and most of all, a gateway, to a better and happier and more useful life.
[Letters of Note; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]”
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[Letters of Note; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]”
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“The closest you will ever come in this life to an orderly universe is a good library.”
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“Libraries are about Freedom. Freedom to read, freedom of ideas, freedom of communication. They are about education (which is not a process that finishes the day we leave school or university), about entertainment, about making safe spaces, and about access to information.”
― The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
― The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction