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I myself owe everything to French books. They developed in my soul the sentiments of humanity which had been stifled by eight years of fanatical and servile education.

~Cesare Beccaria

Topics: Been Books Developed Education Eight Everything Fanatical French Had Humanity My Soul Myself Owe Sentiments Soul Stifled Which Years

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If we open our history books, we shall see that the laws, for all that they are or should be contracts amongst free men, have rarely been anything but the tools of the passions of a few men or the offspring of a fleeting and haphazard necessity.

~Cesare Beccaria

Topics: Amongst Anything Been Books Contracts Few Few Men Fleeting Free Free Men History History Books Laws Men Necessity Offspring Open Our Passions Rarely See Shall Should Tools

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I have the Sony Reader; I have the Kindle as well. I don't really use either of them, to be honest. I'd rather sit down with a cup of coffee and a newspaper than read all my digital books.

~Chad Hurley

Topics: Books Coffee Cup Digital Down Either Honest Kindle Newspaper Rather Read Reader Really Sit Sony Than Them To Be Honest Use Well

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I've never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books or was a horror buff.

~Chad Lindberg

Topics: Been Books Buff Comic Comic Books Fan Genre Grew Horror Never Reading Really Up

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Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

~Chanakya

Topics: Blind Books Mirror Person Stupid Useful

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One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

~Chanakya

Topics: Arises Books Confined His Knowledge Need Neither Nor Others Possession Them Use Wealth Whose

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The problem is that my generation was pacified into believing that racism existed only in our history books.

~Chance The Rapper

Topics: Believing Books Existed Generation History History Books My Generation Only Our Problem Racism

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At home, I have lot of pictures from 'The Walking Dead' and some stuff from comic books. At comic conventions, people will give me a lot of autographed stuff, so a lot of those are on my wall.

~Chandler Riggs

Topics: Books Comic Comic Books Conventions Dead Give Give Me Home Lot Me People Pictures Some Stuff Those Walking Walking Dead Wall Will

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In my other books, things do happen, but they are kind of bookends to the real action, which for me was an exploration of consciousness. Not that I don't get into the consciousness of the people in 'The Surrendered,' but you could say there's not as much anxiety about it.

~Chang-Rae Lee

Topics: About Action Anxiety Books Consciousness Could Exploration Get Happen Kind Me Much Other People Real Say Things Which You

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Some of my friends are giving me law books. I love reading those. It's like my relaxation.

~Charice Pempengco

Topics: Books Friends Giving Law Like Love Me Reading Relaxation Some Those I Love

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