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Andrew Carnegie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 25
Died: 1919
Died: August 11
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Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark.... In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed. ~Germaine Greer
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The more difficult a problem becomes, the more interesting it is.
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Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There’s always room at the top in every pursuit.
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The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.
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