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  • An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is always possible to be happy.

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  • Elizabeth Stuart Phelps A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas surround the world's ignorance and press for admission.
    Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
    American author, feminist and intellectual (1844 - 1911)
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  • Augustine Birrell An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is always possible to be happy.
    Augustine Birrell
    British Liberal Party politician (1850 - 1933)
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  • Dorothy Sayers Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.
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  • George Bernard Shaw Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Barbara Kruger Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.
    Barbara Kruger
    American artist (1945 - )
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  • Martin Luther King Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Jean Cocteau Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor, the surprising things which surround us and which our senses record mechanically.
    Jean Cocteau
    French writer (1889 - 1963)
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  • Oprah Winfrey Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
    Oprah Winfrey
    American TV host, Actress (1954 - )
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  • Ronald Reagan Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere.
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • Jean Paul The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • John Wooden Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
    John Wooden
    American basketball player and head coach (1910 - 2010)
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  • Bell Hooks When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Bill Dedman With better gear, firefighters no longer surround and drown a fire - they go in.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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