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• In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue… — Edward de Bono
• People ask me all the time what or who my influences are. To be honest, it would take a decent set of… — Corey Taylor
• Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped… — Vannevar Bush
• The Internet gives us everything and forces us to filter it not by the workings of culture, but with our own brains.… — Umberto Eco
• Here is a fact: nothing in all civilization has been as productive as ludicrous ambition. Whatever its ills, nothing has created more.… — Tom Rachman
• I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There… — Charlize Theron
• A library is many things. It's a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It's a place to go… — Elwyn Brooks White
• When I would sell encyclopedias, I would drive down the road looking for a house with a swing set in the back,… — Willie Nelson
• I grew up in the 'hood around prostitutes, drug dealers, killers, and gangbangers, but I also grew up juxtaposed: On the doorknob… — Lupe Fiasco
• My dad sold encyclopedias and my mom worked in a factory office. — Mike Myers
• Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias. — Bertrand Russell
• So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a… — Brandon Sanderson

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