The goal for me is to be as expansive as possible, and the Library of Congress offers so many resources. Votes: 2
I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal. Votes: 2
On a very personal level, I have fond memories of spending a lot of time in the Library of Congress working on my collection of poems 'Native Guard.' I was there over a summer doing research in the archives and then writing in the reading room at the Jefferson building. Votes: 1
To this day, my mom's unsinkable spirit is an inspiration to me. For nearly thirty years, she's worked at the Library of Congress. Everyone knows Sameha simply as 'Sami.' Along with 500 miles of shelved books, her closest friendships are cataloged in that library. They are as much the value of work to my mom as is the work itself. Votes: 1
I had a moment in the Library of Congress among the presidential papers. I opened a folder, and there was an envelope in it. The front of the envelope was facing the table, so I didn't know what was in it. I opened it and out spilled all this hair. I turned the envelop over and it says, 'Clipped from President Garfield's head on his deathbed.' Votes: 1
[The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation. Votes: 0
I know I'm representing the Library of Congress, all the people of the United States and, of course, the Latinos and Latinas as well. Votes: 0
There are so many items that are not in the copyright domain. And people might not realize the Library of Congress manages the copyright process for the nation. Votes: 0
I have lectured at Town Hall N.Y., The Library of Congress, Harvard, Yale, Amherst, Wellesley, Columbia, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana State University, Colorado, Stanford, and scores of other places. Votes: 0
There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. Votes: 0
I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going to end up, I thought, majoring in English and teach at the college level. Votes: 0
I wrote one terrible manuscript after another for a decade and I guess they gradually got a little less terrible. But there were many, many unpublished short stories, abandoned screenplays and novels... a Library of Congress worth of awful literature. Votes: 0
I want to take everything I have in me, weave it, merge it with the beauty that is in the Library of Congress, all the resources, the guidance of the staff and departments, and launch it with the heart-shaped dreams of the people. Votes: 0
Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in its entire print collection, right? But most of it is like cat videos on YouTube or 13-year-olds exchanging text messages about the next Twilight movie. Votes: 0
Some people say I have issues. I say those people need to expand their horizons because I don't have issues, I have the Library of Congress Votes: -1
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. Votes: 7 Mark Twain
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. Votes: 6 Henry Ward Beecher