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> [“Everytime we use an invention or read a book or study a science or listen to music, we’re enjoying someone else’s idea— someone who may have lived thousands of years ago, and thousands of miles away from here.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lipman/everytime-we-use-an-invention-or-read-a-book-or-study-a-science-or/)

[Matthew Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lipman/)

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## More by Matthew Lipman

> [“Books and people are alike in one respect: they're both full of thoughts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lipman/books-and-people-are-alike-in-one-respect-they-re-both-full-of/)

[Matthew Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lipman/)

> [“Everytime we use an invention or read a book or study a science or listen to music, we’re enjoying someone else’s idea— someone who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lipman/everytime-we-use-an-invention-or-read-a-book-or-study-a-science-or/)

[Matthew Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lipman/)

> [“I guess the people who're always trying to prove something are the ones who really don't believe it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lipman/i-guess-the-people-who-re-always-trying-to-prove-something-are-the/)

[Matthew Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lipman/)

> [“Somehow, when a person you like reads your poem and says they like it, the poem seems all fresh and new afterwards. I wonder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lipman/somehow-when-a-person-you-like-reads-your-poem-and-says-they-like-it/)

[Matthew Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lipman/)

> [“But you don't prove anything at all when you say it's something you just can't imagine happening.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lipman/but-you-don-t-prove-anything-at-all-when-you-say-it-s-something-you/)

[Matthew Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lipman/)

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