“May I propose a Herzog dictum? those who read own the world, and those who watch television lose it.”
Herzog on Herzog (2002)
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“I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.”
"Thinking for Oneself" http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/schopenhauer/arthur/essays/chapter8.html
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“Those who don't read good books have no advantage over those who can't.”
Variant: The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
Source: In a phone call to Richard Nixon about a television clip which showed members of the Tanzanian delegation dancing on the UN floor, after the UN voted to recognize China and expel Taiwan. https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/013 Conversation 013-008 of the White House Tapes, 6:30, quoted in * 2019-07-30
The Atlantic note: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/ronald-reagans-racist-conversation-richard-nixon/595102/ and in Ronald Reagan called Africans at UN 'monkeys', tapes reveal https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49177034, 31 July 2019, BBC note: 1970s
“Two people who represent true love are those who manage to live in a world of their own.”
Original: Due persone che rappresentano il vero amore sono coloro che riescono a vivere in un mondo tutto loro.
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