"Read, think well of mankind, go to our libraries and rejoice."

-- Will Durant

#Thinking Quotes #Library Quotes #Mankind Quotes

“Say the first word. Set the tone for the conversation. Be poised, prepared, and ready to say the first word in any debate or meeting.”
“To me nothing in the world is as precious as a genuine smile, especially from a child.”
“We think about strategies in pop songs to make people listen to them and be like, "What the hell was that?" But then they have to listen to it again.”
“If you're black in this country, if you're a woman in this country, if you are any minority in this country at all, what could possibly possess you to vote Republican?”
“I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection.”
“The prime role of a leader is to offer an example of courage and sacrifice.”
“I have put my pen at the service of some of the most persecuted and misunderstood people in the world. So far as I know nothing of the kind has ever been attempted before in fiction.”

Source : "A literature of our own" by Julie Bindel, www.theguardian.com. August 7, 2008.
“Every suit I wear is custom-made by a guy named Waraire Boswell in L.A.”

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