"A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation."

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"A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation."

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"It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor."

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"Blessed is the womb that born you."

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"Until now, you have always lived your life alone. Every decision you've made has been for you and you alone. Now, and for the rest of your days, your life will be tied to another's. Every decision you make will be for both of you. What one does affects the other. You are a family, a team inseparable and unbreakable."

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"A rubber plant is just about the ideal family."

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"Father, I know you will hear me, I will speak."

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"When we sat down on the couch again, you curled up against my side, like you used to when you were a tod."

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"I was sixteen and my mother was about to throw me out of the house forever, for breaking a very big rule, even bigger than the forbidden books. The rule was not just No Sex, but definitely No Sex With Your Own Sex."

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"The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment."

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"A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered; about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals."

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"It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches."

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"When I feel like exercising I just lie down until the feeling goes away."

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"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives."

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"To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect."

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"This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your fault."

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"The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness."

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"Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view."

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