"Our libraries are not cloisters for an elite. They are for the people, and if they are not used, the fault belongs to those who do not take advantage of their wealth."

-- Louis L'Amour

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“And just as your beautiful skyscrapers were destroyed and caused your grief, beautiful buildings and precious homes crumbled over their owners in Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq by American weapons.... Americans should feel the pain they have inflicted on other peoples of the world, so as when they suffer, they will find the right solution and the right path.”
“When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing people is a good way to win an election, and also a good way to wreck a country.”

Source : Molly Ivins (2010). “You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You”, p.141, Vintage
“I have gained very great inspiration from the Cornish land- and seascape, the horizontal line of the sea and the quality of light and colour which reminds me of the Mediterranean light and colour which so excites one's sense of form; and first and last there is the human figure which in the country becomes a free and moving part of a greater whole. This relationship between figure and landscape is vitally important to me. I cannot feel it in a city.”

Source : "Voicing Our Visions: Writings by Women Artists". Book by Mara R. Witzling, 1991.
“When designing a kitchen, always keep in mind the social aspect.”
“A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.”

Source : James MacGregor Burns (2012). “Leadership”, p.390, Open Road Media
“Latin food suffers like Chinese. You can do marginal Chinese and be successful. You can do crappy Mexican and be packed.”
“It's better to have something to remember than anything to regret.”
“There are few substance to which it yields interest, when it is considered how very intimately the knowledge and properties and uses of iron is connected with human civilization.”

Source : George Fownes (1845). “Elementary Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical”, p.224

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