"Books -lighthouses erected in the great sea of time -books, the precious depositories of the thoughts and creations of genius -books, by whose sorcery times past become time present, and the whole pageantry of the world's history moves in solemn procession before our eyes, -these were to visit the firesides of the humble and lavish the treasures of the intellect upon the poor."

-- Edwin Percy Whipple

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“Even though [Donald] Trump is reported to not read very much and to have a limited range of experience, he is often certain that he is right and boldly asserts the correctness of his positions.”

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“Until 1943 I received no stipend. I was able to support myself as my mother was the daughter of a relatively wealthy cotton manufacturer.”
“If you have a secret, people will sit a little bit closer.”
“Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.”

Source : "Watch Drake's High School Graduation Speech" by Evan Minsker, pitchfork.com. October 27, 2012.
“Not a word was spoken. The church bells all were broken.”
“Peace consists, very largely, in the fact of desiring it with all one's soul. The inhabitants of my small country, Costa Rica, have realized those words by Erasmus. Mine is an unarmed people, whose children have never seen a fighter or a tank or a warship.”
“God wiped snot out of his nose and that was you.”
“Who and where you look is an indicator of who and what you know.”

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