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“I was lucky. My parents would buy me any book I wanted if I asked them to. Not everybody's parents could do that. That's what libraries were for: to make sure that everybody had the same access to books that everyone else did.”

Quote by Alan Gratz

Book:Ban This Book

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Alan Gratz

Alan Gratz is an American author known for his young adult literature. His works often delve into historical events and complex social issues, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“In a way, the organizations we lead have the opportunity, every day, to be brought out from the grave like Lazarus. In a way, the organizations we lead must regularly embark on a sort of self-crucifixion (as Christ), experience a death of the old, that they may be born again better. This, among other things, demonstrates that R6 is a philosophy, not just a framework.”

Quotes Business Change Management R6 Resilience

Book:GAME CHANGR6: An Executives Guide to Dominating Change, by applying the R6 Resilience Change Management Framework

Source: GAME CHANGR6: An Executives Guide to Dominating Change, by applying the R6 Resilience Change Management Framework

“But the whole idea of reading as a pastime has somehow dropped off my life menu, and the time I used to spend in fictional worlds is now spent incessantly refreshing the news. I sometimes still try to kid myself into believing that this pointless consuming of current affair is important for my understanding of reality and even for my survival. But deep inside, I know that the momentous piece of news—the one that will supposedly pull me and the entire Middle East out of the deep pit we’ve fallen into—will never come, and all my endless refreshing and scrolling is just another stage in outsourcing my emotional world. After all, it’s a lot easier to wait for updates from a dismaying reality than to listen, feel, and submit to someone else’s imagination and hopes.”

Reading News Emotions Social Media Updates Scrolling Doom Scrolling

Author:Etgar Keret

“Reading is still both fundamental and essential. And what, above all, a teacher can communicate to you is what to read and how to read. How to read! For the art of reading is in danger of being lost”

Purpose Reading Teaching Meaning

Book:What is This Jewish Heritage?

Source: What is This Jewish Heritage?

“Lo sostenía el poeta Octavio Paz: leemos porque nos sobra algo o porque nos falta algo (se escribe por las mismas razones). Tenemos sed. Sed de un horizonte más amplio, una pulsión por rebasar el contorno de nuestra existencia acotada por un tiempo y una geografía, unas capacidades, ciertas oportunidades y elecciones.”