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“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”
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“Too much thought is bad for the soul, for art, and for crime. It is also a sign of middle age.”
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“Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
[Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]”
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[Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]”
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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
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“We read to know we're not alone.”
― Shadowlands: A Play
― Shadowlands: A Play
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