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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

When I appear to be combative and strident and shrill, which I'm often accused of, the...

When I appear to be combative and strident and shrill, which I'm often accused of, the reason is that I'm stating simple facts, and sometimes simple facts are disagreeable to people

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When I appear to be combative
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and strident and shrill,
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which I'm often accused of,
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the reason is that I'm stating simple facts,
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and sometimes simple facts are disagreeable to people.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:22
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
For example, a few years ago... About 20 years ago, actually... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
For example, a few years ago... About 20 years ago,...
In The New York Times, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
In The New York Times,
That's not a polemical statement. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
That's not a polemical statement.
But it sounds... It sounds polemical - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
But it sounds... It sounds polemical
And I must add at that point, of course, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And I must add at that point, of course,
It's just, it's just the fundamentalists, and for them, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
It's just, it's just the fundamentalists, and for...
So there's no crime to be ignorant - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
So there's no crime to be ignorant
You also said this thing, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
You also said this thing,
I mean, just, you write in a very poetic way. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
I mean, just, you write in a very poetic way.
You're a lover of literature - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
You're a lover of literature
I mean, there are so many things - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I mean, there are so many things
I suppose I would take the ideal role model for this, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:21
I suppose I would take the ideal role model for this,
I mean, who could not be moved poetically - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
I mean, who could not be moved poetically
The same thing happens in biology, in my own field, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:19
The same thing happens in biology, in my own field,
We now understand that it came - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:21
We now understand that it came
And we in the 21st century - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
And we in the 21st century
And therefore we are privileged to get that into our heads - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
And therefore we are privileged to get that into our heads
Oh, the Gutenberg Bible - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Oh, the Gutenberg Bible
I see you've got one book on hold - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
I see you've got one book on hold
I believe that the issue - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
I believe that the issue