I asked him what, if anything, got him down about teaching. He said he didn't think that anything about it got him… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Umberto Eco is the owner of a large personal library of almost 30,000 books that he has not read. [To him] read… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
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I got into history when I was 11 years old, and it all started with the Titanic. I'd read books in the… — Katherine Langford Copy Share Image
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In reality, handing over public space to private developers does not guarantee that new library spaces will be comparable in size or… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
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