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"A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation."

"A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation."

Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator

Family, Education, Time, Class

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"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all."

"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all."

John W. Gardner, American Educator

Conviction, Extremism, World

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"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."

"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."

Booker T. Washington, American Educator

Dignity, Race, Writing

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"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."

"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."

Maria Montessori, Italian Educator

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"O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger more. But while the loitering idler waits Good luck beside his fire, The bold heart storms at fortune's gates, And conquers its desire."

"O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger more. But while the loitering idler waits Good luck beside his fire, The bold heart storms at fortune's gates, And conquers its desire."

Lewis J. Bates, American Educator

Life, Heart, Desire, Fire

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"Our Cuba policy didn't make much sense during the Cold War and makes even less sense now."

"Our Cuba policy didn't make much sense during the Cold War and makes even less sense now."

Stephen M. Walt, American Educator

War, Policy, Now, Sense

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"Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers."

"Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers."

Howard Thurman, American Educator

Family, Brothers, Community

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"A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique."

"A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique."

Michael Porter, American Educator

Strategy, Company

39

"The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing."

"The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing."

Roger Babson, American Educator

Language, Nothing, Saying

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"The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment."

"The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment."

Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator

Death, Apathy, Assassination, Democracy

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"When I'm about ready to press the cable release on the View camera, I've tried to anticipate some of the challenges I'm going to encounter in the darkroom."

"When I'm about ready to press the cable release on the View camera, I've tried to anticipate some of the challenges I'm going to encounter in the darkroom."

John Sexton, American Educator

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"Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude."

"Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

Family, Brothers, Solitude

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"The company without a strategy is willing to try anything."

"The company without a strategy is willing to try anything."

Michael Porter, American Educator

Strategy, Company

38

"It is a sin to be poor."

"It is a sin to be poor."

Charles Fillmore, American Educator

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"It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story."

"It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story."

James Baldwin, American Educator

Music, America, Americans, Limits

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"One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well."

"One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator

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"We cannot fight new wars with old weapons."

"We cannot fight new wars with old weapons."

Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator

Fight, Old, Weapons

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"Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves."

"Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

Age, Fighting, Importance, Temptation

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"If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?"

"If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?"

Tom G. Palmer, American Educator

Authority, Obligation, Right

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"Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape."

"Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape."

Frank Moore Colby, American Educator

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"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple."

"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator

Teaching, Eyes, Influence, Self, Spirit

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"Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave."

"Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave."

G. I. Gurdjieff, Russian Educator

Knowledge, Machine, Man, Self

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"Sound strategy starts with having the right goal."

"Sound strategy starts with having the right goal."

Michael Porter, American Educator

Strategy, Goal, Right, Sound

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"In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed."

"In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed."

John Rawls, American Educator

Finance, Money, Pursuit

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"A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated."

"A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated."

Horace Mann, American Educator

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"It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the belief that a child exists to satisfy our wants."

"It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the belief that a child exists to satisfy our wants."

Leon Kass, American Educator

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"It is natural to try to understand one's own time and to seek to analyse the forces that move it."

"It is natural to try to understand one's own time and to seek to analyse the forces that move it."

Emily Greene Balch, American Educator

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"There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given."

"There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Philosophy, Tension, World

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"If it is nothingness that awaits us, let us make an injustice of it; let us fight against destiny, even though without hope of victory."

"If it is nothingness that awaits us, let us make an injustice of it; let us fight against destiny, even though without hope of victory."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

Hope, Victory, Destiny, Fight

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"Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning."

"Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

Art, Meaning, Sensations

35

"He who fears is literally delivered to destruction."

"He who fears is literally delivered to destruction."

Howard Thurman, American Educator

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"We are the only school in America, drama school in America that trains actors, writers and directors side by side for three years in a master's degree program, and we want them - to expose them to everything."

"We are the only school in America, drama school in America that trains actors, writers and directors side by side for three years in a master's degree program, and we want them - to expose them to everything."

James Lipton, American Educator

Actor, Actors, America, Drama, School

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"Not failure, but low aim is sin."

"Not failure, but low aim is sin."

Benjamin E. Mays, American Educator

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"In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor."

"In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor."

Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator

Action, Nonviolence, Want

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"Children learn to smile from their parents."

"Children learn to smile from their parents."

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

Children, Parents, Smile

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"We owe our existence to our parents, but we actually didn't have a choice."

"We owe our existence to our parents, but we actually didn't have a choice."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Choice, Existence, Parents

35

"Nine-tenths of our suffering is caused by others not thinking so much of us as we think they ought."

"Nine-tenths of our suffering is caused by others not thinking so much of us as we think they ought."

Mary Lyon, American Educator

Perception, Suffering, Thinking

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"Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else."

"Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else."

Morrie Schwartz, American Educator

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"The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether."

"The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Abortion, Children, Controversy

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"My guess is that the Jonathan would be as out of place in England or Kazakhstan, the native ground of its ancestors, as I would be in Russia, the native ground of my own. The arrow of natural history won't be reversed: by now the Jonathan's as much an American as I am."

"My guess is that the Jonathan would be as out of place in England or Kazakhstan, the native ground of its ancestors, as I would be in Russia, the native ground of my own. The arrow of natural history won't be reversed: by now the Jonathan's as much an American as I am."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Belonging, Identity, Heritage, History, Self

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"A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a man."

"A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a man."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

Love, Age, Being, Man

34

"Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response."

"Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator

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"The thing is, continuity of strategic direction and continuous improvement in how you do things are absolutely consistent with each other. In fact, they're mutually reinforcing."

"The thing is, continuity of strategic direction and continuous improvement in how you do things are absolutely consistent with each other. In fact, they're mutually reinforcing."

Michael Porter, American Educator

Direction, Fact, Improvement

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"I've found even after nearly 30 years of doing this, there are all kinds of new surprises that rear their heads at various times and I truly believe that 51% of the images, success takes place in the darkroom."

"I've found even after nearly 30 years of doing this, there are all kinds of new surprises that rear their heads at various times and I truly believe that 51% of the images, success takes place in the darkroom."

John Sexton, American Educator

Success, Surprises, Years

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"So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable."

"So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable."

Paul Farmer, American Educator

Health, Care, Disease, Right

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"Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves."

"Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves."

Horace Mann, American Educator

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"Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed."

"Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

Harm, Humility, Prudence

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"In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study."

"In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study."

Norman Lamm, American Educator

Religion, Judaism, Study

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"All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts."

"All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts."

Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator

Purpose, Spiritual

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"A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair."

"A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair."

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish Educator

Love, Time, God, Thought

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