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Anything, even the conceptually most complex material, can be written for general audiences without any dumbing down. Of course you have to… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
[A] couple I had known - who were old friends - asked me what I was going to work on next. I… — Tracy Hickman Copy Share Image
With The Myth of Achievement Tests, James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, and Tim Kautz have offered a wealth of insightful analysis… — Eric A. Hanushek Copy Share Image
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For the Tintin books were my emotional universe. To read them felt quite simply like being loved: in advance and by an… — Luke Davies Copy Share Image
“When I Read the Book" When I read the book, the biography famous, And is this then (said I) what the author… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
My mother says I was two-and-a-half when I started playing. My father was a minister, and when he went to church in… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more resistant than architecture, but also simpler and… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
It's just a weird idea to me because each book is a complete universe unto itself, so why would I want this… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
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I began researching and writing what I intended as a book-length essay entitled Fascination and Liberation, exploring the question of whether there… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
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The biggest markets for my books outside the UK are France and Italy, and those are the two countries where I also… — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
When an editor works with an author, she cannot help seeing into the medicine cabinet of his soul. All the terrible emotions,… — Betsy Lerner Copy Share Image
I really knew almost nothing about Silicon Valley. I read that Steve Jobs book and watched a bunch of documentaries, and read… — Zach Woods Copy Share Image
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What better way to learn about life in the ocean--and how we are changing it--than through stories of blind zombie worms, immortal… — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
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Theologians and other clerks, You won't understand this book, -- However bright your wits -- If you do not meet it humbly,… — Marguerite Porete Copy Share Image
I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
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You would open a drawer, which my father had jammed full of newspapers, and the bottom would drop out. There were buttons… — Roz Chast Copy Share Image
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While much of modern behavioral and social science treats individuals as autonomous agents, it is absolutely clear that the way we think… — Richard R. Nelson Copy Share Image
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