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Own Quotes by Nicholson Baker
- Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own…
- The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may optionally apply to my own…
- There's a time and place for the Kindle, and I own one now and have books on it that I don't otherwise have. But I…
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- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle