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"This corn will teach to you, should you peel away the husk, and be willing to open your ears."
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Personal Development

"To teach, learn. To learn, teach."
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"We learn better when learning is a game."
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"Experience is the only subject worthwhile of study."
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"When you learn something new, the structure of your brain changes."
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"The best way to learn is through direct experience."
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"It was a lesson that I would learn in time though it wasn't Hegbert who taught me."
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"Through self-development, you can continuously fortify yourself for the next level of increase."
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"I learn to trust someone I love..I learn to deal with heartbreak..I learn to forgive him who hurts.I never stop learning in this life."
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"The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows."
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"Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He founded Partners in Health, which serves the destitute and the sick in many parts of the world from Haiti to Boston and from Russia to Peru."
Health

"I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass."
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"What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives."
People

"In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place."
Travel

"I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read."
Writing

"If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you."
Family

"Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time."
Time

"The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia."
Learning

"I always want to write something better than the last book."
Want

"I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam."
Writing
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