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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.

~Aaron Swartz

Topics: Books Building Community Geographical Library Model Number Physical Serve Set Up Where World

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What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in English, but simply every book - a key part of our planet's cultural legacy.

~Aaron Swartz

Topics: Book Cultural English Even Every Held Important Key Legacy Library Our Part Planet Sale Simply What If Which

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Say yes to everything.

~Aaron Swartz

Topics: Everything Say Yes

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Assume nobody else has any idea what they're doing, either.

~Aaron Swartz

Topics: Any Assume Doing Either Else Idea Nobody Nobody Else

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I was around computers from birth; we had one of the first Macs, which came out shortly before I was born, and my dad ran a company that wrote computer operating systems. I don't think I have any particular technical skills; I just got a really large head start.

~Aaron Swartz

Topics: Any Around Before Birth Born Came Company Computer Computers Dad First Got Had Head Head Start Just Large Operating Out Particular Ran Really Skills Start Systems Technical Think Which Wrote I Was Born

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There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.

~Aaron Swartz

Topics: People Publish Sort Stuff Want

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When I go to a library and I see the librarian at her desk reading, I'm afraid to interrupt her, even though she sits there specifically so that she may be interrupted, even though being interrupted for reasons like this by people like me is her very job.

~Aaron Swartz

Topics: Afraid Being Desk Even Go Her Interrupt Interrupted Job Librarian Library Like May Me People Reading Reasons See She Specifically Though Very I See

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Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse.

~Aaron Swartz

Topics: Impressive Look Make More Most Myself People Seem Seems Stretch Themselves Truth Worse

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I'm not such a nuisance to the world, and the kick I get out of living can, I suppose, justify the impositions I make on it. But when life isn't so fun, well, then I start to wonder. What's the point of going on if it's just trouble for us both? My friends will miss me, I am told.

~Aaron Swartz

Topics: Am Both Friends Fun Get Going Just Justify Kick Life Living Make Me Miss Nuisance Out Point Start Suppose Then Trouble Us Well Will Wonder World I Am

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Seriously, who really cares how long the Nile river is, or who was the first to discover cheese? How is memorizing that ever going to help anyone? Instead, we need to give kids projects that allow them to exercise their minds and discover things for themselves.

~Aaron Swartz

Topics: Allow Anyone Cares Cheese Discover Ever Exercise First Give Going Help How Instead Kids Long Memorizing Minds Need Nile Projects Really River Seriously Them Themselves Things Who

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: November 8th, 1986

Died: January 11th, 2013

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