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““Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.””

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Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.

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Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse.

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As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them.

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Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books, I answer…

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But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries…

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What is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now? ... And if you're not working on that,…

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Social Security got passed because John D. Rockefeller was sick of having to take money out of his profits to pay for his workers'…

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What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in…

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Books are totally useless unless you take their advice. If you just keep reading them, thinking "that's so insightful! that changes everything," but never…

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But all of this action goes on in the dark, hidden underground. It’s called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge…

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With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge - we'll make it a…

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There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.

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If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace.

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If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

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“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.”

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The Rosary is the book of the blind.

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“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.”

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“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”

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Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

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I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about…

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I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,…

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