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When Jack’s grandson Jonathan got up to speak the first thing he said almost apologetically was, “The thing you’ve got to understand about Grampa is that he just hated Nazis,” and everyone in the room practically fell out of their seats
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“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
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“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.”
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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
“No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.”
― The Star Wars Trilogy
― The Star Wars Trilogy
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Join us for a special discussion with author Helene Wecker on Tuesday, January 14th! Helene will be discussing her book, The Golem and the Jinni, ...more
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