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"Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it."
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"History is the preceptor of prudence, not principles."
"It reaffirmed my long-held belief that education was the enemy of prejudice. These were men and women of science, and science had no room for racism."
"Trying to educate the dumb with a dumb teacher is nothing but washing the dirty clothes in a dirty water!"
"If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others."
"Reading is a technology for perspective-taking. When someone else's thoughts are in your head, you are observing the world from that person's vantage point."
"No one can get an education, for of necessity education is a continuing process."
"We shall always meet teachers but we shall seldom meet good teachers. We shall seldom meet a good teacher who is good enough to direct the body, mind and soul towards the path of true purposefulness. We shall hardly meet good teachers who are good enough to leave indelible and distinctive footprints in our minds; good teachers whose words, thoughts, actions and wonderful deeds would continue to reecho themselves in our minds and become the yardstick, guiding principles and reasons for the steps we take each moment of time. We shall always meet teachers but, we shall seldom and hardly meet great teachers!"
"I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia."
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"Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all."
"It's lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre."
"For all of the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align, and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time."
"Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time."
"But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends."
"A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have."
"To enjoy life, you don't need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren't as serious as you make them out to be."
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