"Libraries are not made, they grow."

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Source : Augustine Birrell (1899). “Collected Essays”

Augustine Birrell

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“Winning the Pritzker assures a flood of work in one's seventies and eighties, jobs necessarily carried out by assistants as the demands of modern-day cultural stardom and the inevitable waning of physical capacities prevent many architects from attaining the transcendent final phase more easily achieved by artists in other mediums.”
“We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused on exports. There are big changes we need in the world.”
“If you think you can, then youâ€™re half way there. If you say, â€˜I canâ€™t,â€™ then youâ€™re defeated.”
“If God gives you a dream, and the dream comes to life and God shows up in it, and then the dream dies, it may be that God wants to see what is more important to you - the dream or him.”

Source : Phil Vischer (2008). “Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables”, p.235, Thomas Nelson Inc
“My point is that, over the years, I've taught five thousand people acting and lately I have a lot of energy on these kids, having the same break I had as a high school girl.”
“I always seem to be cast as slightly wan, ethereal, troubled intellectuals or physically ambivalent bad lovers. But I'm here to tell you I'm quite the opposite in real life. In fact I'm a f**king fantastic lover.”
“A painted landscape is always more beautiful than a real one, because there's more there. Everything is more sensual, and one takes refuge in its beauty.”
“I'm going to be here until I'm cured?" "Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner. Life is managed".”

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