The Chicken Soup for the Soul' books are the result of over 20 years of teaching seminars and giving speeches. The first… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
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Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people being necessary for the preservation of their… — John Adams Copy Share Image
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Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library… — John Dingell Copy Share Image
I love grand scale. One of the things that everybody mentions is that my novels are beautiful objects in the sense that… — Richard Grossman Copy Share Image
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For those few of you who never heard of 'The Secret,' it's a worldwide best selling book touting the benefits of positive… — Jenna Morasca Copy Share Image
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Indeed the Book of Job avowedly only answers mystery with mystery. Job is comforted with riddles; but he is comforted. Herein is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Apollodorus says, "If any one were to take away from the books of Chrysippus all the passages which he quotes from other… — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
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