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“Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.”
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“It takes a lot of doing to die.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“She loved books. She loved them with her senses and her intellect. They way they looked and smelled; the way they felt in her hands; the way the pages seemed to murmur as she turned them. Everything there is in the world, she thought, is in books.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”
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“The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.”
― Some Thoughts Concerning Education
― Some Thoughts Concerning Education
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