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Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian.


Simon Van Booy

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SIMON COWELL I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical,...
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SIMON COWELL I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital.
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