#library

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. ↗

— Rita Dove

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I basically did all the library research for this book on Google, and it not only saved me enormous amounts of time but actually gave me a much richer offering of research in a shorter time. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

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A library book, I imagine, is a happy book. ↗

— Cornelia Funke

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And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts. ↗

— Cornelia Funke

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I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess. ↗

— H. P. Lovecraft

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What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else - is the fact that it exists. ↗

— Archibald MacLeish

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I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book. ↗

— Groucho Marx

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I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed scores of Beethoven, that are full of mistakes. Not the wrong or false notes, but the wrong dynamic, understandable things. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#borrowing #card #children #enjoy #give

When I go to a premiere I like to borrow lovely clothes and shoes from designers. It's like the library: if you return them in good condition, you get to borrow more. I'm very lucky. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#clothes #condition #designers #get #go