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"He decided not to ask for details. Better to avoid exposing his ignorance even further."

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"I've actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric. And I don't mean hybrid, I mean fully electric."

"Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do."

"In the short run, technology many be more efficient than man, but it will never be perfect. Every piece of equipment will eventually reveal an error code. In the long run, man will never be perfect, but prove to be more reliable than technology."

"A smartphone is an addictive device which traps a soul into a lifeless planet full of lives."

"Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it."

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"Well, Naomi said cheerfully, "what's the worst that can happen? They were silent, considering that, because there were just so many possibilities. But in the end, it was a better idea than Facebook."
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"In traditional schools, you're penalized for making a mistake. But that won't work in the new information culture, in the digital world we live in today."

"Some go on to trade schools or get further training for jobs they are interested in. Some go into the arts, some are craftsmen, some take a little time out to travel, and some start their own businesses. But our graduates find and work at what they want to do."

"We've been doing this here since 1968, so we have been identified as an example of a free, democratic school, and many professors want to expose their students to our philosophy."

"Educators are still spending way too much time trying to control what kids learn, bending the content to their own purposes, hoping beyond hope to change - by using technology - but not change too much."

"Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources; many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends have them."

"But, neither of these educational scenarios worked for us, so when we started a family, we wanted a different school for our children. And the other founders felt the same way."

"I'll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids, what kids need to learn to get ahead in this world."

"You can't make someone learn something - you really can't teach someone something - they have to want to learn it. And if they want to learn, they will."

"Whenever culture has gone through a radical change, as ours has - from industrial age to information age - there are people who will deny that things have changed; they resist it and refuse to change."

"Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country."
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