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Quote by George Pataki

“You know, there are some areas of the state that are providing enormous help to their students; there are others where they're not doing what they can.”

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George Pataki

George Pataki is an American politician who served as the Governor of New York. Born on June 24, 1945, in New York State, he graduated from Cornell University. During his tenure as governor, Pataki promoted economic and social development in New York, successfully reducing unemployment, improving the education system, and investing in infrastructure projects. more

“Literature is not exhaustible, for the sufficient and simple reason that a single book is not. A book is not an isolated entity: it is a narration, an axis of innumerable narrations. One literature differs from another, either before or after it, not so much because of the text as for the manner in which it is read.”

Art Book Reason Literature Simple Sufficient Isolated Entity Axes Narration

Author:Jorge Luis Borges

“To arrange a library is to practice in a quiet and modest way the art of criticism.”

Way Inspirational Art Practice Quiet Criticism Critics Library Modest

Book:Extraordinary tales

Source: Extraordinary tales

“You may win your heart's desire, but in the end you're cheated of it by death.”

Heart May Ends Desire Winning Cheated

Book:Jorge Luis Borges: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

Source: Jorge Luis Borges: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

“In our dreams (writes Coleridge) images represent the sensations we think they cause; we do not feel horror because we are threatened by a sphinx; we dream of a sphinx in order to explain the horror we feel.”