"It is difficult, almost impossible, to find the book from which something either valuable or amusing may not be found, if the proper alembic be applied."

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Source : John Hill Burton (1862). “The Book-hunter, Etc”, p.141, Edinburgh : S. Blackwood

John Hill Burton

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“Profit is the celebration of service.”
“The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of access and appeal to the agencies enforcing the Covenant concerned with civil and political rights.”
“I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.”
“A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens.”
“A lot of the touring stuff has become a drag. Traveling itself is a drag. Anyone who's been to an airport knows that.”
“I mention my age because I find people in this country - women, not men, of course - women are so troubled by their age. There's a culture of youth, and it's a phony culture.”

Source : "The real running mates". Interview with Pablo Martinez Monsivais, usatoday30.usatoday.com. October 19, 2004.
“I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars.”
“I was a guest at CalArts. John Baldessari invited me out a few times. I've been there. I've been in Pasadena, taught out at Boulder, University of Colorado. And I've taught in Europe. I've lectured and taught. I've taught at the Ã‰cole des Beaux-Arts in Nigne [sp]. I was there for a couple of weeks, I was there. I've taught all over - in Switzerland, Germany.”

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