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"It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than the investigation of the obscure."
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"Before I started (college), that's the advice my dad gave me. He said to pick classes based on the teacher whenever you can, not the subject...his point was that good teachers are priceless. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it."

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

"Please, no matter how we advance in technology please don't abandon the book-there is nothing in our material world more beautiful than a book."
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"The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books."

"The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn."

"I hate being placed on committees. They are always having meetings at which half are absent and the rest late."
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