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"Maimonides taught that it is better that 10 criminals go free than let one innocent man be executed. The Innocence Project represents that point of view."

"Maimonides taught that it is better that 10 criminals go free than let one innocent man be executed. The Innocence Project represents that point of view."

Norman Lamm, American Educator

Justice, Innocence, Man, Project

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"The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change."

"The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change."

Michael Porter, American Educator

Change, Technology, Strategy, Principles

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"The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital, between employer and employed. Its distribution, therefore, will follow the law of its creation, or great injustice will be done."

"The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital, between employer and employed. Its distribution, therefore, will follow the law of its creation, or great injustice will be done."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Wealth, Agreement, Creation, Injustice

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"Cease to be a drudge, seek to be an artist."

"Cease to be a drudge, seek to be an artist."

Mary McLeod Bethune, American Educator

Creativity, Artist

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"The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it."

"The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it."

Bill Nye, American Educator

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"Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others."

"Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others."

Tom G. Palmer, American Educator

Circumstance, Circumstances

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"We have a picture for how complexity arises, because if the universe is computationally capable, maybe we shouldn't be so surprised that things are so entirely out of control."

"We have a picture for how complexity arises, because if the universe is computationally capable, maybe we shouldn't be so surprised that things are so entirely out of control."

Seth Lloyd, American Educator

Control, Complexity, Universe

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"And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility."

"And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

Democracy, Responsibility

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"I consider myself a lesbian, but I'm a bisexual lesbian."

"I consider myself a lesbian, but I'm a bisexual lesbian."

Betty Dodson, American Educator

Identity, Lesbian

13

"Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America."

"Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America."

Charles Edward Merriam, American Educator

Corruption, America, Chicago

13

"Biology, meaning the science of all life, is a late notion."

"Biology, meaning the science of all life, is a late notion."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Science, Life, Meaning

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"The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics."

"The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics."

Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss Educator

Language, Examination

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"There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults."

"There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults."

Emily Greene Balch, American Educator

Religion, Desire, Interest

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"First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can develop once we have various types of complex living organisms already in existence."

"First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can develop once we have various types of complex living organisms already in existence."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

Life, Diversity, Existence, First

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"Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders."

"Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders."

Lawrence Lessig, American Educator

Society, Reason, Will

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"Our aim, during our Presidency in the next six months will be to lead this challenge, to show that Europe can function in a mature and responsible way, to start delivering tangible results that show we are taking people's concerns seriously."

"Our aim, during our Presidency in the next six months will be to lead this challenge, to show that Europe can function in a mature and responsible way, to start delivering tangible results that show we are taking people's concerns seriously."

John Hutton, English Educator

People, Challenge, Europe, Months

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"Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form."

"Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form."

Wilhelm von Humboldt, German Educator

Legal, Beauty, Actions, Freedom

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"If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order."

"If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order."

Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator

13

"Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources; many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends have them."

"Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources; many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends have them."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

Friendship, Computers, Home, Discovery, Friends

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"The goal is to provide analytical tools that will last students a lifetime."

"The goal is to provide analytical tools that will last students a lifetime."

Edward Tufte, American Educator

Goal, Students, Tools, Will

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"The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws."

"The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws."

Edward Tufte, American Educator

Nature, Work, Laws, Thinking

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"The holy land was supposed to be spotless, a serious equivalent of Disneyland in which not a single candy wrapper is to stay on the ground for more than a few minutes."

"The holy land was supposed to be spotless, a serious equivalent of Disneyland in which not a single candy wrapper is to stay on the ground for more than a few minutes."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

13

"And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up a visual rhythm seemed to come very natural. All of a sudden I was in a forest of aluminum and steel rather than a forest that we might think of in a traditional sense."

"And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up a visual rhythm seemed to come very natural. All of a sudden I was in a forest of aluminum and steel rather than a forest that we might think of in a traditional sense."

John Sexton, American Educator

13

"I am inclined to think that eating is a private thing and should be done alone, like other bodily functions."

"I am inclined to think that eating is a private thing and should be done alone, like other bodily functions."

Sylvia Ashton-Warner, New Zealander Educator

Eating, Newzealander

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"Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, though thou hast suffered men to condemn Thy servant, Thy servant will not condemn Thee."

"Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, though thou hast suffered men to condemn Thy servant, Thy servant will not condemn Thee."

Christopher Love, Welsh Educator

Love, Art, Men, Sons, Will

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"A judgment pronounced in accordance with the facts can therefore assign to it an historical place only within that movement of reformation which was brought to a victorious issue by King Josiah."

"A judgment pronounced in accordance with the facts can therefore assign to it an historical place only within that movement of reformation which was brought to a victorious issue by King Josiah."

Julius Wellhausen, German Educator

Fact, Facts, Judgment

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"Quite a few, actually, are involved in education. They have had the same experience Hanna and I had: when they started having their own kids, they didn't want them to have a poor educational experience; they wanted them to enjoy school."

"Quite a few, actually, are involved in education. They have had the same experience Hanna and I had: when they started having their own kids, they didn't want them to have a poor educational experience; they wanted them to enjoy school."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

Experience, Education, Kids, Poor

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"If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?"

"If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?"

Maria Montessori, Italian Educator

Education, Knowledge, Development, Future

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"That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space/time point."

"That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space/time point."

Edward Tufte, American Educator

Nature, Difference, Laws

13

"I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly."

"I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly."

Norman Lamm, American Educator

Government, People, Being, Error

13

"We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths... and tell the world the glories of our journey."

"We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths... and tell the world the glories of our journey."

John Hope, American Educator

13

"So one reason the science educators panic at the first sign of public rebellion is that they fear exposure of the implicit religious content in what they are teaching."

"So one reason the science educators panic at the first sign of public rebellion is that they fear exposure of the implicit religious content in what they are teaching."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

Science, Fear, Content, First

13

"To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most."

"To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

Love, Pity, Spirit

13

"So companies have to be very schizophrenic. On one hand, they have to maintain continuity of strategy. But they also have to be good at continuously improving."

"So companies have to be very schizophrenic. On one hand, they have to maintain continuity of strategy. But they also have to be good at continuously improving."

Michael Porter, American Educator

13

"Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce."

"Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Business, Knowledge, Commerce, Laws

13

"And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing."

"And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing."

Dennis Banks, American Educator

Legal, People, Americans

13

"Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance?"

"Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance?"

Frank Moore Colby, American Educator

Heart, Adventure, Day, Man

13

"Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former."

"Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former."

Horace Mann, American Educator

Education, Schools

13

"I am also a believer in an integrated treatment approach to autism."

"I am also a believer in an integrated treatment approach to autism."

Temple Grandin, American Educator

Health, Treatment

13

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."

Morrie Schwartz, American Educator

13

"French cooking is really the result of peasants figuring out how to extract flavor from pedestrian ingredients. So most of the food that we think of as elite didn't start out that way."

"French cooking is really the result of peasants figuring out how to extract flavor from pedestrian ingredients. So most of the food that we think of as elite didn't start out that way."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Cooking, Creativity, Observation, Skill

13

"There is a tremendous range of children with a PDD label."

"There is a tremendous range of children with a PDD label."

Temple Grandin, American Educator

Family, Children

13

"If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet."

"If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet."

William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

Time, Rain, Running, World

13

"According to the now almost universally accepted theory, all the races of mankind had a common origin."

"According to the now almost universally accepted theory, all the races of mankind had a common origin."

Ellsworth Huntington, American Educator

Mankind, Now, Theory

13

"It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true."

"It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true."

Roger Babson, American Educator

13

"Merely by existing and evolving in time - by existing - any physical system registers information, and by evolving in time it transforms or processes that information."

"Merely by existing and evolving in time - by existing - any physical system registers information, and by evolving in time it transforms or processes that information."

Seth Lloyd, American Educator

Time, Information

13

"It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives."

"It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives."

Tom G. Palmer, American Educator

13

"The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy."

"The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy."

William P. Leahy, American Educator

Church, Celibacy, May

13

"I don't believe that efforts to prohibit only so-called reproductive cloning can be successful."

"I don't believe that efforts to prohibit only so-called reproductive cloning can be successful."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Success, Successful

13

"That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit."

"That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator

Delight, Expectation, Profit

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