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" I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. "

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" Scientists have to have a metaphor. All scientists start with imagination. "

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" Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. "

" If an idea isn't exciting, you shouldn't do it. "

" If you're embarrassed because you have some notion about how men are supposed to behave, and it doesn't include weeping, then you have some personal work to do. "

" Libraries raised me. "

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" If you're living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important. "

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" Everybody has forgotten that Russia helped start the Second World War. "

" If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don't know how to read, you don't know how to decide. That's the great thing about our country - we're a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way. "

" You can't learn to write in college. It's a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you do - and they don't. They have prejudices. They may like Henry James, but what if you don't want to write like Henry James? They may like John Irving, for instance, who's the bore of all time. "

" It's lack that gives us inspiration. It's not fullness. "

" I think we're doing a dreadful job of educating. "

" I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great. "

" If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you. "

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" We've got to dumb America up again. "

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" We've gotta become the Martians. I'm a Martian - I tell you to become Martians. And we've gotta go to Mars and civilize Mars and build a whole civilization on Mars and then move out, 300 years from now into the universe. And when we do that, we have a chance of living forever. "

" I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it. "

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