The battle with Men Who Explain Things has trampled down many women - of my generation, of the up-and-coming generation we need… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
It is their nature, beautiful and simple. That you would destroy such beings, Mr. Lincoln, such superior creatures, seems madness to me.”… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
I don't have that many days left," he said as we sat together in the library. "Why would I want to spend… — Jacqueline Kelly Copy Share Image
Let's say I was like, "I'm going to write a book this year," which I'm not. Let's just say that was it.… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
The motto I have penned on my knuckles is that this is the best world we have--because it's the only world we… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
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I read all the books on Fairfax in the British Library, did a lot of horse riding and studied military tactics of… — Dougray Scott Copy Share Image
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I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started… — Elisabeth Shue Copy Share Image
The library is not, as some would have it, a place for the retiring of disposition or faint of heart. It is… — Eric Burns Copy Share Image
Real life is a story, too, only much more complicated. It’s still got a beginning, a middle, and an end. Everyone follows… — Chris Wooding Copy Share Image
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I didn't want to be on screen not nailing an American accent. It's an insult to an American! There are plenty of… — Brenton Thwaites Copy Share Image
It became a question of taste. I have a certain taste in art history. And that - I had a huge library… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
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Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
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The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. And rightly so. The scientist addresses an… — Max Delbruck Copy Share Image
“The room was as big as the Duke of Pardloe's library and had at least as many books, and yet the feeling… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanized private file and library. It needs a name, and,… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
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