I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.― Winston S. Churchill

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He filled a shelf with a small army of books and read and read; but none of it made sense. .. They were all subject to various cramping limitations: those of the past were outdated, and those of the present were obsessed with the past.

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Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

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I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles. — Nelson Mandela

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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. ― Aeschylus

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Meow” means “woof” in cat.― George Carlin

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I wonder what chairs think about all day: "Oh, here comes another asshole." ― Robin Williams

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Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this. ― Dave Eggers

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I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we're trying to make people laugh and I'm very proud of that. - Adam Sandler

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When I lived in China, there were no libraries. My mother bought books for me, and they were mostly the classics. I read 'Peter Pan,' 'The Secret Garden,' the 'Rosemary' books, and Kipling's 'Just So' Stories was one of my favorites. No, I didn't read historical fiction. It didn't exist where I was growing up in China. - Jean Fritz

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