#libraries

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

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I took anatomy classes. I went to medical libraries and talked to doctors and nutritionists. I did the whole thing before using myself as a human guinea pig. ↗

— Marilu Henner

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Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge. ↗

— William Hurt

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In addition to that, Mono has produced a very large set of extra libraries. ↗

— Miguel de Icaza

#extra #large #libraries #mono #produced

Having come to the conclusion that there was so much to do that she didn’t know where to start, Mrs Fowler decided not to start at all. She went to the library, took Diary of a Nobody from the shelves and, returning to her wicker chair under the lime tree, settled down to waste what precious hours still remained of the day. ↗

— Richmal Crompton

#libraries #reading #time #to-do-list #family

Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries. ↗

— Art Modell

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Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand, are full of them. ↗

— Huston Smith

#dead #exclusively #facts #full #hand

Television and film are our libraries now. Our history books. ↗

— David Strathairn

#film #history #history books #libraries #now

I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries. ↗

— Bjarne Stroustrup

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