"Believers and doers are what we need - faithful librarians who are humble in the presence of books.... To be in a library is one of the purest of all experiences. This awareness of library's unique, even sacred nature, is what should be instilled in our neophites."

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Source : Lawrence Clark Powell (1985). “Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell”, Univ of Arizona Pr

Lawrence Clark Powell

#Book Quotes #Humble Quotes #Unique Quotes

“People imagine I am always in a Bentley with pearls and diamonds and black glasses and Karl Lagerfeld next to me.”
“I've never had a yard sale, ever, in my life. I don't know if I ever thought about stuff I would get rid of.”
“And worrying is less work than doing something to fix the worry. This is especially true if we're careful to pick the biggest possible problems to worry about. Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody want to help Mom do the dishes.”
“I am not superwoman. The reality of my daily life is that I am juggling a lot of balls in the air? And sometimes some of the balls get dropped.”
“I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent.”
“Poor mind, from the senses you take your arguments, and then want to defeat them? Your victory is your defeat.”
“Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.”

Source : "Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies". Book by John Walker (p. 383), 2001.
“I hold communications with saints and angels, even with satan himself.”

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