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Allison’s Quotes

“If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody come sit next to me.”
― Alice Roosevelt Longworth

tags: gossip, humor, slander

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“What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education.”
― Harold Howe

tags: education, libraries, library, school

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“Don't mark up the Library's copy, you fool! Librarians are Unprankable. They'll track you down! They have skills!”
― Charles Ogden

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“When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.”
― Joan Bauer

tags: librarians, libraries, paraphrased

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“If your library is not "unsafe," it probably isn't doing its job.”
― John Berry

tags: books, libraries, library, reading

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