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"If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to deduct."
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"Education is not only learning the information, but it is also about gaining experience to unlock the door to wisdom."

"Reading with an eye towards metaphor allows us to become the person we're reading about, while reading about them. That's why there is symbols in books and why your English teacher deserves your attention. Ultimately, it doesn't matter if the author intended the symbol to be there because the job of reading is not to understand the author's intent. The job of reading is to use stories as a way into seeing other people as a we ourselves."

"Education enhances the beauty of the mind by learning to see the beauty in every little thing."

"Like good reading skills, good writing skills require immersion and imaginative engagement."

"Literature is life."

"The principal goal of education in schools is to teach students basic knowledge and kindle mindsets that know how to think better and to understand the world in which they live."
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"When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough."

"In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy."

"All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable."

"If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words."

"I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota."

"Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw."

"I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult."

"To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel."

"You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do."
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