[Not everyone is thrilled with the change. Barbara Marcus, Scholastic's president, has a severe case of annoyance.] Best-seller lists are supposed to represent what America is reading, ... But the Times has chosen this moment in time to remove the phenomenon of our lives. Nothing has ever been as popular with families, adults, children, in the history of publishing, and it should be a giant celebration. Instead, the argument is being made that they are taking up too much room on the list.
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STANLEY MARCUS I think it's very expensive to not eat healthy. Eating healthy is the only affordable option we ... MARCUS SAMUELSSON I came into this environment where there was so much love, so much positive energy. I never heard my... MARCUS SAMUELSSON Catholicism has the clerical equivalent to a nut allergy - even a small exposure to change, and the ... MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE People are the core of every business. Businesses are based on relationships, and relationships are ... MARCUS LEMONIS I don't distinguish the music I listen to from great music - it's just music. There shouldn&... MARCUS SAMUELSSON There shouldn't be an announcement that divides our food between what tastes good and what is go... MARCUS SAMUELSSON The Sixties are most generously described as a time when people took part - when they stepped out of... GREIL MARCUS Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the n... MARCUS AURELIUS The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, ... MARCUS AURELIUS Strengths are not activities you're good at, they're activities that strengthen you. A stren... MARCUS BUCKINGHAM These 'lone wolves,' people like to call them, you've got to look at them not like a lon... MARCUS LUTTRELL Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatu... MARCUS AURELIUS You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. MARCUS AURELIUS How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. MARCUS AURELIUS God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves w... MARCUS GARVEY I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things t... MARCUS SAMUELSSON It's a special person - and personality - who can lead a start-up to soaring success and sustain... MARCUS BUCKINGHAM Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. MARCUS AURELIUS When I get the chance to make my favorite breakfast on the weekend, I often choose to make pancakes. MARCUS SAMUELSSON A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without root... MARCUS GARVEY Anger cannot be dishonest. MARCUS AURELIUS There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty. MARCUS GARVEY There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself ... MARCUS GARVEY