You can't be all things to all people. ~ Michael Porter

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He who has talent in him must be purer in soul than anyone else. Another will be forgiven much, but to him it will not be forgiven. A man who leaves the house in bright, festive clothes needs only one drop of mud splashed from under a wheel, and people all surround him, point their fingers at him, and talk about his slovenliness, while the same people ignore many spots on other passers-by who are wearing everyday clothes. For on everyday clothes the spots do not show.

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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

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I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.

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People forget facts, but they remember stories. —Joseph Campbe

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The most important thing in life will always be family. The people right here, right now.” —Vin Diesel

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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

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If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.

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To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash. — Bill Nye

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Have books ‘happened’ to you? Unless your answer to that question is ‘yes,’ I’m unsure how to talk to you.

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