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Last change on this file since 14119 was 7343, checked in by jrm21, 20 years ago

added a comment at the start of all macro files about using UTF-8

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1# this file must be UTF-8 encoded
2
3package tip
4
5#######################################################################
6# Tips
7# if you want a random tip to appear, use the macro name _tip:thistip_
8#######################################################################
9
10_tipstart_ {<center>}
11_tipquotestart_ {<b>}
12_tipquoteend_ {</b> }
13_tipattributionstart_ {<em>}
14_tipattributionend_ {</em>}
15_tipend_ {</center>}
16
17_tip1_ {
18 _tipstart_
19 _tipquotestart_
20 A word after a word after a word is power.
21 _tipquoteend_
22 _tipattributionstart_
23 Margaret Atwood
24 _tipattributionend_
25 _tipend_
26 _tipend_
27}
28
29_tip2_ {
30 _tipstart_
31 _tipquotestart_ Books are weapons in the war of ideas
32 _tipquoteend_
33 _tipattributionstart_ American Library Association, 1942
34 _tipattributionend_
35 _tipend_
36}
37
38_tip3_ {
39 _tipstart_
40 _tipquotestart_ Only the educated are free
41 _tipquoteend_
42 _tipattributionstart_ Epictetus
43 _tipattributionend_
44 _tipend_
45}
46
47_tip4_ {
48 _tipstart_
49 _tipquotestart_ We need our libraries open to all, so we can prepare our students for the 21st Century.
50 _tipquoteend_
51 _tipattributionstart_ Martin Luther King, quoted in the program at ALA midwinter, "Celebrating
52Equity and Empowerment," on Martin Luther King Day.
53 _tipattributionend_
54 _tipend_
55}
56
57_tip5_ {
58 _tipstart_
59 _tipquotestart_
60 Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of sXXXch, or the right of the people peaceably to XXXemble, and to peXXXion the government for a redress of grievances.
61 _tipquoteend_
62 _tipattributionstart_
63The first amendment according to XStop (according to Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center)
64 _tipattributionend_
65 _tipend_
66}
67_tip6_ {
68 _tipstart_
69 _tipquotestart_
70 My Alma mater was books, a good library . . . I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
71 _tipquoteend_
72 _tipattributionstart_
73 Malcolm X, Autobiograhy of Malcolm X
74 _tipattributionend_
75 _tipend_
76}
77_tip7_ {
78 _tipstart_
79 _tipquotestart_
80 To be literate is to possess the cow of plenty.
81 _tipquoteend_
82 _tipattributionstart_
83 Motto of the Madras Library Association
84 _tipattributionend_
85 _tipend_
86}
87
88_tip8_ {
89 _tipstart_
90 _tipquotestart_
91 It does not matter how many books you may have, but whether they are good or not.
92 _tipquoteend_
93 _tipattributionstart_
94 Seneca
95 _tipattributionend_
96 _tipend_
97}
98
99_tip9_ {
100 _tipstart_
101 _tipquotestart_
102 I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
103 _tipquoteend_
104 _tipattributionstart_
105Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
106 _tipattributionend_
107 _tipend_
108}
109
110_tip10_ {
111 _tipstart_
112 _tipquotestart_
113 When an old man dies, a library burns down.
114 _tipquoteend_
115 _tipattributionstart_
116 African Proverb
117 _tipattributionend_
118 _tipend_
119}
120
121_tip11_ {
122 _tipstart_
123 _tipquotestart_
124 My library / Was dukedom large enough.
125 _tipquoteend_
126 _tipattributionstart_
127 William Shakespeare. The Tempest.
128 _tipattributionend_
129 _tipend_
130}
131
132_tip12_ {
133 _tipstart_
134 _tipquotestart_
135 Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me /
136 From mine own library with volumes that /
137 I prize above my dukedom. /
138 _tipquoteend_
139 _tipattributionstart_
140 William Shakespeare. The Tempest.
141 _tipattributionend_
142 _tipend_
143}
144
145
146_tip:tipmax_ {12}
147
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