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Without the library, you have no civilization.

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I’m completely library educated. I’ve never been to college. I went down to the library when I was in grade school in Waukegan, and in high school in ...more

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I am a librarian. I discovered me in the library. I went to find me in the library. Before I fell in love with libraries, I was just a six-year-old bo...more

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I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves -- you c...more

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I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I graduated from high school, it...more

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Libraries raised me.

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Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

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Forgive, I hope you won't be upset, but when I was a boy I used to look up and see you behind your desk, so near but far away, and, how can I say this...more