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"A book unopened alters not the ink on its pages. What is there is there."

"A book unopened alters not the ink on its pages. What is there is there."

J.R. Ward, American Author

Learning, Knowledge, Books, Observation, Existence

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"Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote."

"Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote."

Edward Young, English Poet

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"The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all."

"The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all."

Harry S. Truman, American President

Learning, Worth

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"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."

"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Learning, Experience, Fools, School, Will

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"The audience, upon learning that the real Buffalo Bill was present, gave several cheers between the acts."

"The audience, upon learning that the real Buffalo Bill was present, gave several cheers between the acts."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

Learning, Present

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"He wasn't an alchemist, or a hero. He was a librarian, and a dreamer. He was a reader, and the unsung expert on a long-lost city no one cared a thing about."

"He wasn't an alchemist, or a hero. He was a librarian, and a dreamer. He was a reader, and the unsung expert on a long-lost city no one cared a thing about."

Laini Taylor, American Novelist

Learning, Reading, Knowledge, Dream, Exploration

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"Don't torture yourself over the past. Use it as a teacher. Whatever happened to you in the past, has only prepared you for now."

"Don't torture yourself over the past. Use it as a teacher. Whatever happened to you in the past, has only prepared you for now."

Robert Tew, American Writer

Learning, Past, Teacher, Growth, Now

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"It had been a good day, all things considered. I had managed rather well on my own. I opened Grandfather's Bible. This is what it would be like when I had my own shop, or when I traveled abroad. I would always read before sleeping. One day, I'd be so rich I would have a library full of novel to choose from. But I would always end the evening with a Bible passage."

"It had been a good day, all things considered. I had managed rather well on my own. I opened Grandfather's Bible. This is what it would be like when I had my own shop, or when I traveled abroad. I would always read before sleeping. One day, I'd be so rich I would have a library full of novel to choose from. But I would always end the evening with a Bible passage."

Laurie Halse Anderson, American Author

Learning, Reading, Faith, Hope, Future

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"Reading off a page is like looking down at a landscape from a balloon " your eye "sees" the story as well as reads it, its layout, its paragraphs and structure, and "remembers" what it just read because it's still there, on the page, simultaneously. If you want to, you can reread any line instantly; or linger; or speed up; or optically "flinch." Reading a series of tweets is more like looking through a narrow window from a train speeding through a landscape full of tunnels and bands of light and dark. Each tweet erases its predecessor."

"Reading off a page is like looking down at a landscape from a balloon " your eye "sees" the story as well as reads it, its layout, its paragraphs and structure, and "remembers" what it just read because it's still there, on the page, simultaneously. If you want to, you can reread any line instantly; or linger; or speed up; or optically "flinch." Reading a series of tweets is more like looking through a narrow window from a train speeding through a landscape full of tunnels and bands of light and dark. Each tweet erases its predecessor."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

Learning, Reading, Perception, Memory, Story

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"I had actually been on tour in Japan and I had my own world tour that I was doing. I was used to doing a show for an hour, so I was always learning choreography."

"I had actually been on tour in Japan and I had my own world tour that I was doing. I was used to doing a show for an hour, so I was always learning choreography."

Christina Milian, American Musician

Learning, World

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"I think it's so important to keep learning and keep your brain active."

"I think it's so important to keep learning and keep your brain active."

Beverley Mitchell, American Actress

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"A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin."

"A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin."

George Herbert, British Poet

Learning, Man, Memory

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"My teachers helped guide and motivate me; but the responsibility of learning was left with me, an approach to learning which was later reinforced by my experiences at Amherst."

"My teachers helped guide and motivate me; but the responsibility of learning was left with me, an approach to learning which was later reinforced by my experiences at Amherst."

Joseph E. Stiglitz, American Economist

Learning, Responsibility, Teachers

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"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."

"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."

Tracy Kidder, American Author

Learning, Right, Writing

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"There's no way I can justify my salary level, but I'm learning to live with it."

"There's no way I can justify my salary level, but I'm learning to live with it."

Drew Carey, American Actor

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"To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it - this is a hard lesson."

"To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it - this is a hard lesson."

Bruce Catton, American Historian

Learning, May, World

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"I'm not a very good painter, but I'm learning a lot."

"I'm not a very good painter, but I'm learning a lot."

Cleo Moore, American Actress

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"Language-lovers know that there is a word for every fear. Are you afraid of wine? Then you have oenophobia. Tremulous about train travel? You suffer from siderodromophobia. Having misgivings about your mother-in-law is pentheraphobia, and being petrified of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth is arachibutyrophobia. And then there's Franklin Delano Roosevelt's affliction, the fear of fear itself, or phobophobia."

"Language-lovers know that there is a word for every fear. Are you afraid of wine? Then you have oenophobia. Tremulous about train travel? You suffer from siderodromophobia. Having misgivings about your mother-in-law is pentheraphobia, and being petrified of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth is arachibutyrophobia. And then there's Franklin Delano Roosevelt's affliction, the fear of fear itself, or phobophobia."

Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist

Learning, Language, Fear, Knowledge, Word

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"Openness to change is key to implementing new knowledge. That is why one who is indifferent to change is not a friend of knowledge."

"Openness to change is key to implementing new knowledge. That is why one who is indifferent to change is not a friend of knowledge."

Eraldo Banovac, Croatian Scientist

Learning, Change, Knowledge, Openness, Friendship

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"I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary to the implications of therapy for significant learning."

"I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary to the implications of therapy for significant learning."

Carl Rogers, American Psychologist

Learning, Order, Testing, Therapy

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"Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when it's not working for yourself."

"Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when it's not working for yourself."

Geri Halliwell, British Musician

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"Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write."

"Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write."

Mary Wesley, British Novelist

Learning, Teaching

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"I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old."

"I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old."

Jet Li, Chinese Actor

Learning, Old, Years

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"I am learning to forgive my inner geek, and even value him as a free man."

"I am learning to forgive my inner geek, and even value him as a free man."

Kenny Loggins, American Musician

Learning, Man, Value

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"I got problems. I freak out, go to a shrink, go through all kinds of therapy and stuff, but I'm learning how to deal with it. That's why I've chosen one hour a night to get all of my aggressions out. to really tell the world the way I feel."

"I got problems. I freak out, go to a shrink, go through all kinds of therapy and stuff, but I'm learning how to deal with it. That's why I've chosen one hour a night to get all of my aggressions out. to really tell the world the way I feel."

Jonathan Davis, American Musician

Learning, Night, Problems, Therapy

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"All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial."

"All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial."

Alva Myrdal, Swedish Diplomat

Learning, Mankind, Now, Weapons

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"Advise for anybody - enjoy what you are doing, enjoy the process of learning and don't be impatient."

"Advise for anybody - enjoy what you are doing, enjoy the process of learning and don't be impatient."

Robin Cousins, British Athlete

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"Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one."

"Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one."

Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman

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"It is only upon life's new journey & pathway that your greatest learning - will be experienced."

"It is only upon life's new journey & pathway that your greatest learning - will be experienced."

Eleesha, British Author

Learning, Journey, Experience, Growth

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"No body is a looser either he is a Winner or a Learner."

"No body is a looser either he is a Winner or a Learner."

Abhysheq Shukla, Indian Author

Learning, Growth, Success, Failure

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"I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function."

"I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function."

Brian Eno, British Musician

Learning, Trouble

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"Until you are willing to learn the lessons, pay attention to details, and become patient with yourself, you will keep repeating the same patterns over and over again."

"Until you are willing to learn the lessons, pay attention to details, and become patient with yourself, you will keep repeating the same patterns over and over again."

Kemi Sogunle, Nigerian Author

Learning, Lesson, Patience, Growth

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"I enjoy learning technical details."

"I enjoy learning technical details."

Ken Follett, Welsh Author

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"The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot."

"The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

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"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship."

"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

Learning, Storms

39

"The greatest obstacle to true learning is the inability to say "I don't know."

"The greatest obstacle to true learning is the inability to say "I don't know."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Learning, Humility, Knowledge, Ignorance

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"I am thinking by what long discipline and at what cost a man learns to speak simply at last."

"I am thinking by what long discipline and at what cost a man learns to speak simply at last."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Learning, Discipline, Speech, Cost

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"The more we rely on our presuppositions, the less we will learn."

"The more we rely on our presuppositions, the less we will learn."

R. A. Delmonico, American Author

Learning, Insight, Perception, Mistake

39

"We didn't use the shuttle robot arm before, so this has been a training flow to get ready for that."

"We didn't use the shuttle robot arm before, so this has been a training flow to get ready for that."

Linda M. Godwin, American Astronaut

Learning, Training

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"I can install toilets. I know all about the wax ring. I can tile floors. I'm learning how to do basic wiring."

"I can install toilets. I know all about the wax ring. I can tile floors. I'm learning how to do basic wiring."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

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"A lot of what I've been learning in the last two years is due to therapy - about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven't worked. It isn't anything to do with anybody else; it's to do with me."

"A lot of what I've been learning in the last two years is due to therapy - about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven't worked. It isn't anything to do with anybody else; it's to do with me."

Boy George, English Musician

Learning, Relationships, Sexuality, Therapy

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"As you get older, you're always maturing, you're always learning something new about yourself."

"As you get older, you're always maturing, you're always learning something new about yourself."

Troy Vincent, American Athlete

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"Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns."

"Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns."

William Penn, English Leader

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"All humans learn from each other's mistakes. Intelligent humans learn how to avoid them, idiots how to do them."

"All humans learn from each other's mistakes. Intelligent humans learn how to avoid them, idiots how to do them."

Raheel Farooq, Pakistani Writer

Learning, Mistake, Intelligence, Truth

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"Of course I can read", he said. "Jesus Christ.""Well, then, what are you trying to tell me? That you don't want to?" "No. I-" He closed his eyes and took a deep breath through his nose. "-I don't know why I'm trying to tell you anything. I can read. I just can't read book.""So pretend it's a really long street sign and muddle through it."

"Of course I can read", he said. "Jesus Christ.""Well, then, what are you trying to tell me? That you don't want to?" "No. I-" He closed his eyes and took a deep breath through his nose. "-I don't know why I'm trying to tell you anything. I can read. I just can't read book.""So pretend it's a really long street sign and muddle through it."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Learning, Reading, Disability, Struggle, Persistence

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"Most organizations should be pro-active, but philanthropists concerned with poverty should deliberately be reactive, learning from the efforts of ordinary folks who tired of looking the other way as their communities fell apart."

"Most organizations should be pro-active, but philanthropists concerned with poverty should deliberately be reactive, learning from the efforts of ordinary folks who tired of looking the other way as their communities fell apart."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

Learning, Poverty

38

"People learn when they are ready to learn. Are you ready?"

"People learn when they are ready to learn. Are you ready?"

Lorii Myers, Canadian Author

Learning, Readiness, Observation, Truth

38

"Have faith that your child's brain is an evolving planet that rotates at its own speed. It will naturally be attracted to or repel certain subjects."

"Have faith that your child's brain is an evolving planet that rotates at its own speed. It will naturally be attracted to or repel certain subjects."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Learning, Faith, Growth, Mind

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"Mr. Polly went into the National School at six and he left the private school at fourteen, and by that time his mind was in much the same state that you would be in, dear reader, if you were operated upon for appendicitis by a well-meaning, boldly enterprising, but rather over-worked and under-paid butcher boy, who was superseded towards the climax of the operation by a left-handed clerk of high principles but intemperate habits,-that is to say, it was in a thorough mess."

"Mr. Polly went into the National School at six and he left the private school at fourteen, and by that time his mind was in much the same state that you would be in, dear reader, if you were operated upon for appendicitis by a well-meaning, boldly enterprising, but rather over-worked and under-paid butcher boy, who was superseded towards the climax of the operation by a left-handed clerk of high principles but intemperate habits,-that is to say, it was in a thorough mess."

H. G. Wells, English Author

Learning, Education, Mistake, Growth, Childhood

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"I bet if you look at the average teenager and the average adult, the average teenager has read more books in the last year than the average adult. Now of course the adult would be all like, 'I'm busy, I got a job, I got stuff to do.' WHATEVER! READ! I mean, you're watching CSI: Miami. Why would you be watching CSI: Miami, when you could be READING CSI: Miami, the novelization?"

"I bet if you look at the average teenager and the average adult, the average teenager has read more books in the last year than the average adult. Now of course the adult would be all like, 'I'm busy, I got a job, I got stuff to do.' WHATEVER! READ! I mean, you're watching CSI: Miami. Why would you be watching CSI: Miami, when you could be READING CSI: Miami, the novelization?"

John Green, American Author

Learning, Reading, Youth, Time

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