“Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book."
(Acceptance speech, National Book Award 2010 (Nonfiction), November 17, 2010)”
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(Acceptance speech, National Book Award 2010 (Nonfiction), November 17, 2010)”
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“En général, les malheurs d'autrui suscitent inévitablement trois sentiments chez les tempéraments mesquins : tout d'abord le saisissement ; ensuite la satisfaction intérieure de ne pas être concerné ; enfin, une joie maligne et secrète. Tels sont les sombres instincts que recèle l'âme humaine dans ses tréfonds.”
― Под игото
― Под игото
“All you can do in this life is follow your dreams. Otherwise you're just wasting your time.”
― Gangsta Granny
― Gangsta Granny
“The knowledge of the little child's mental development has to become widely diffused, for only then will education be able to speak with a new voice, and say to the world with authority: "The laws of life are such and such. They can not be ignored. You must act in conformity with them, for they proclaim the rights of man which are universal and common to all.”
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“In June 1999, an 18-year-old Northeastern University dropout by the name of Shawn Fanning debuted a new piece of software he had developed called Napster.”
― How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention
― How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention
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