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«Jarrell was not so much a father as an affectionate encyclopedia.»
«An encyclopedia is a system for collecting dust in alphabetical order.»
«In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better.»
Author: Edward de Bono
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Psychologist,
Writer)
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«Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches the first prize.»
Author: Saul Bellow
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Novelist)
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About:
Politicians,
Presidency
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cliches,
contest,
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«Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.»
«I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.»
«Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias.»