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Books are key to understanding the world and participating in a democratic society.


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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.



It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.



The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.



Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.



I don't want to believe. I want to know.

I don't want to believe. I want to know.



The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.



The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.



We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.



For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.



You have to know the past to understand the present.

You have to know the past to understand the present.





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According to a new survey, 40 percent of adults in Mexico say they would move to the United States if they got a chance. The number would have been higher, but the other 60 percent already live here.

According to a new survey, 40 percent of adults in Mexico say they would move to the United States if they got a chance. The number would have been higher, but the other 60 percent already live here.



One of the things I could never get accustomed to in my youth was the difference I found between life and literature.

One of the things I could never get accustomed to in my youth was the difference I found between life and literature.



Whatever you're doing, you must have patience.

Whatever you're doing, you must have patience.



Maintaining the relationship. But there's also physical temptation and being on the same spiritual level, which can be difficult.

Maintaining the relationship. But there's also physical temptation and being on the same spiritual level, which can be difficult.



Mothering is one of the most beautiful experiences of my life.

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I love Superman. Because he represents the hero with 1,000 faces. And the potential that lies in every human on this planet.

I love Superman. Because he represents the hero with 1,000 faces. And the potential that lies in every human on this planet.



There can be no good art that is international. Art to be vigorous and gesund must use the material at hand.

There can be no good art that is international. Art to be vigorous and gesund must use the material at hand.



Through the imparting of moral principles, good behaviour, and education we must make the Chandala come up to the level of the Brahmana.

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