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Marilyn Johnson has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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There's a magical part of it (writing obituaries), too, which is you're trying to breathe life back into someone who has just…
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In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste.
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Libraries have always been there for me. Of course I'll stand up for them!
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They seemed to be quiet types, the women and men in rubber-soled shoes. Their favorite word, after literacy, was privacy--for their patrons…
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Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy.
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We'll always need printed books that don't mutate the way digital books do; we'll always need places to display books, auditoriums for…
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Good librarians are natural intelligence operatives. They possess all of the skills and characteristics required for that work: curiosity, wide-ranging knowledge, good…
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We are all living history, and it’s hard to say now what will be important in the future. One thing’s certain, though:…
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I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. The would be whatever they needed…
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The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories.
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In tight economic times, with libraries sliding farther and farther down the list of priorities, we risk the loss of their ideals,…
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Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. They enable those without money or education to read…
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Normal is absolutely my least favorite word.
— Carolyn Heilbrun
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My new favorite word is 'awkward.'...Th e reason we need to be in search of awkward is that awkward is the barrier…
— Seth Godin
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They seemed to be quiet types, the women and men in rubber-soled shoes. Their favorite word, after literacy, was privacy--for their patrons…
— Marilyn Johnson
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There are so many unbelievable words... But that doesn't mean I have a favorite word.
— Brett Hull
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Here's a funny question:What is your favorite word?Think about it—maybe it's a word that makes you absolutely happy, or a word that…
— Vera Nazarian
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Commitment. This is my favorite word because in some way, people who are committed are always much more interesting and much more…
— Carlos Ghosn
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Lights," I said softly. This had become my favorite word over the past week. In my mind, it had become synonymous with…
— Ernest Cline
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What is your favorite word?” “And. It is so hopeful.
— Margaret Atwood
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I used to hate hip-hop... yup, because the women degraded, But Too $hort made me laugh, like a hypocrite I played it.…
— Lupe Fiasco
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Frankly I love the word 'nigga.' It is my favorite word in the English language because no other word incites more controversy…
— Todd Boyd
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My new favorite word: 'Hangry.'Definition: when you are angry because you are hungry.
— Nicky Hilton
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