American Libraries Magazine , May 28, 2009]
Jon Bing
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libraries of the House of Commons. HENRY "CHIPS" CHANNON SIMON VAN BOOY All we're asking for is information. And if everything is aboveboard, why is there a need to fight? DEBORAH SEAGLE DAPHNE DU MAURIER DEJAN STOJANOVIC Our libraries are valuable centers of education, learning and enrichment for people of all ages. In ... JODI RELL Ask him why there are hypocrites in the world.'VIKRAM CHANDRA Our libraries are valuable centers of education, learning and enrichment for people of all ages. In ... JODI RELL MARC BOLAN Why are we so driven to understand, when there is so much that can't be understood? ELIZABETH ALRAUNE That?s why libraries are still struggling. JOANNE VAVREK PABLO NERUDA If there are as many connections in your brain as there are stars in the universe, why ask for super... CLéMENTINE BEAUVAIS There are many realities. There are many versions of what may appearAMISH TRIPATHI RUTH BENEDICT ORSON SCOTT CARD ANNA SEWELL I think it's great libraries are able to help out each other when they're in need. HILERY WALKER I would say television is a focus, and expanding our channel platform is a focus. As for buying libr... JON FELTHEIMER ALYSHA SPEER EMILIE AUTUMN Andrew Carnegie loved libraries; he knew their importance to an educated society and as anchors to o... SAM WELLER There are so many interesting questions about Venus. Venus was once quite similar to Earth, but now ... HAKAN SVEDHEM I have so much to talk about. I have so much to share. There are so many different emotions going on... BRANDY NORWOOD I can’t understand why there are so many creeps hacking the internet, but they are there for obvio... CAPTAIN HANK BRACKER, "SEAWATER ONE...." There are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin."DANIEL KEYES DAVID LEVITHAN RICHELLE MEAD TERRY PRATCHETT ERIK PEVERNAGIE ANNE BRONTë In particular, we need to ensure that by 2009 all roads in the townships are tarred. MBHAZIMA SHILOWA But it was not the note that counted so much as the writing of it.AMANDA HOWELLS [Response to questionnai... JOHN F. KENNEDY Some presidential libraries are so celebratory that they verge on propaganda. BENJAMIN HUFBAUER I believe the roads are closed in that area already, so movement around there is very limited. BILL ROSE KIERA CASS BIL KEANE The kids are already asking about them. I met them, so we are really excited. They know about that r... JENNIFER WISLER SUZANNE COLLINS Don't use it because it is available for you. It is available for you just in case you need it. EPHDAN CARLOS SANTANA There's so much we don't know about how the benefits will work. If you wait until May, more informat... DAN KOSKI SUZANNE COLLINS CHARLOTTE BRONTë LIBBA BRAY What I loved the most about Oakland was that all of my neighbors came in as many colors, ideas, and ... PATRICIA POLACCO JOHN OSBORNE MAKARIOS THE GREAT CHARLES BUKOWSKI Elizabeth laughed and pushed her father's shoulder. "Go, Papa, and be kind to him. I love him so. An... KARALYNNE MACKRORY E. E. CUMMINGS fantasies to make life ... TERRY PRATCHETT As the bus took us north on a connection of dark farm roads and smaller highways, I started to wonde... DANA REINHARDT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY There are many, many new laws -- things that are on the books that we don't all understand or know a... ANNETTE SINGLETARY When carrying the burden of problems and stress that life seems to endlessly hurtle towards us. We g... GARY F EVANS... To have hope in an age where hope is very scarce and hurt, jealousy and pain are more prominent is a... GARY F EVANS... Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy. F. MULDER Filters at public libraries are not the answer. Most filters out there are meant for home use. In a ... ALICE KNAPP Even if there is no connection.NURUDEEN USHAWU GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The American Library Association (ALA) is saddened by the tragic loss of life and widespread damage ... MICHAEL GORMAN ENOCK MAREGESI ZUBAIR AHSAN ZUBAIR AHSAN JOHN GREEN A drop in younger children visiting libraries is of great concern. As children's laureate, I am ... CHRIS RIDDELL BARBARA KINGSOLVER Let's face it, there are only so many roads you can use in Florida. There is little we can do when i... CAPT. CHIP WILDY TANA FRENCH BOB DYLAN JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
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...There are almost as many kinds of libraries as there are kinds of readers. 
I think... if it is true that 
Who’s to say what a ‘literary life’ is? As long as you are writing often, and writing well, yo... 
(There are so many If's like Why's, why there, if there... but why?? Look again I say this word!)
So what if I don't learn algebra?'
Death isn't funny." 
O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace! 
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more ... 
There is now a distance,
Why may we not be in the universe, as our dogs and cats are in our drawingrooms and libraries? 
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Today, if you have an Internet connection, you have at your fingertips an amount of information prev... 
So, why do you write these strong female characters?
Wherever you are, be all there. 
Is it a very wicked place?" I asked, more for the sake of saying something than for information.
Stephanie: Why can't you break in? You broke into the Vault
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Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I... 
I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is
There is only as much space, only as much time, 
There is so little time for us all, I need to be able to say what I want quickly and to as many peop... 
Amor"
The trouble with life
All is going well, very well, I couldn’t ask for anything better—
There is no religion without love, 
There are so many things to say; so many things that can't really be said. 
We are machines, all of us...
You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope. 
Where are we going?" asked Victor. "If I'm allowed to ask."
Can I ask a question, sir?" said Maurice, as Death turned to go.
When living is too sweet and swanky, it may be very hard to appreciate the simplest things in life. ... 
I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty ... 
[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the censor.
“I think we need food.”
I walked across an empty land
Are you and Beetee going?” I ask.
It's time for people to realize that we are all mixed up inside. That is why there is so much divers... 
He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for b... 
~Do you like him much?
There is much asked and only so much I think I can or should answer, and so, in this post I would li... 
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about ... 
The heart itself is only a small vessel, 
as long as there are
Why do you paint?
All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life ... 
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more ... 
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more ... 
Jon:'What are you doing up there? Why aren't you at the feast?'
Hakuna mimi katika umoja. Kuna sisi. 
Why shall I speak of the damage of love?
Why shall I speak of the damage of love?
Do you know why I left America, Lidewij? So that I would never again have to encounter Americans."
Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off. 
We think of mortality so little these days...
Crimson flames tied through my ears
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I was born in March 1949, a post war baby boomer. 
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It's not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong. 
Yeah, that's the ticket. 
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