The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories. - Marilyn Johnson - Quotesmemo.com

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Attitude is greatly shaped by influence and association.

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Marilyn Johnson

The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories.

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In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste.

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Libraries have always been there for me. Of course I'll stand up for them!

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Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. They enable those without money or education to read and learn the same things as the billionaire and the PhD.

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In tight economic times, with libraries sliding farther and farther down the list of priorities, we risk the loss of their ideals, intelligence, and knowledge, not to mention their commitment to access for all—librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy, and they’re right. Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. They enable those without money or education to read and learn the same things as the billionaire and the Ph. D…In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste.

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There's a magical part of it (writing obituaries), too, which is you're trying to breathe life back into someone who has just died. You're trying to conjure them up.

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