"Above all, the translation of books into digital formats means the destruction of boundaries. Bound, printed texts are discrete objects: immutable, individual, lendable, cut off from the world."

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Source : "Do writers need paper?" by Tom Chatfield, www.prospectmagazine.co.uk. October 20, 2010.

Tom Chatfield

#Book Quotes #Mean Quotes #Cutting Quotes

“I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house.”
“The designer's job is to imagine the world not how it is, but how it should be.”
“Everyone talks about Spanish influences, but where is it?...Tell me 10 great Spanish restaurants in London....You canâ€™t give me the addresses. Nor in Paris.”
“I respect newspapers, but the reality is that magazine 'photojournalism' is finished. They want illustrations, Photoshopped pictures of movie stars.”
“Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times.”
“We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.”
“I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.”
“Consider the sexual harassment which continually occurs between a secretary and a boss . . . while objectionable to many women, [it] is not a coercive action. It is rather part of a package deal in which the secretary agrees to all aspects of the job when she agrees to accept the job, and especially when she agrees to keep the job. The office is, after all, private property. The secretary does not have to remain if the 'coercion' is objectionable.”

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