If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a professor and get some text books.
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It's an attitude and spirit of cooperation that should permeate our conversa... STEPHEN KENDRICK When a man has died, he wants you to know about it. STEPHEN KING His was the face you could never quite see, his the hands which dealt all the spades from a dead dec... STEPHEN KING God has editing rights over our prayers. He will... edit them, correct them, bring them in line with... STEPHEN CROTTS I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wo... STEPHEN SPENDER After the day there cometh the derke night;
For though the day be never so longe,
At last the ... STEPHEN HAWES The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them STEPHEN KING When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that somehow the future looks ... STEPHEN FRY You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of ... STEPHEN RICHARDS Minds are like flowers, they only open when the time is right. STEPHEN RICHARDS If life hands you lemons, make lemonade! Words to live by, especially when you kept in mind t... STEPHEN KING We accept the love we think we deserve. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life. STEPHEN CHBOSKY It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with som... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be. STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't sto... STEPHEN CHBOSKY please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. An... STEPHEN CHBOSKY And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain,... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough STEPHEN CHBOSKY He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand. STEPHEN CHBOSKY She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Enjoy it. Because it's happening. STEPHEN CHBOSKY This moment will just be another story someday. STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book. STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's just that I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the re... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each othe... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a poem And he called it "Chops"... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I would die for you. But I won't live for you. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that ... STEPHEN HAWKING And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Language is my whore, my mistress, my wife, my pen-friend, my check-out girl. Language is a complime... STEPHEN FRY