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"The dollar went up some eighty percent in real terms as I recall now or something like that - from '80 to '85."

"The dollar went up some eighty percent in real terms as I recall now or something like that - from '80 to '85."

Robert C. Solomon, American Educator

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"If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible."

"If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible."

William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

People, Beliefs, Certainty, Sense

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"People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved."

"People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved."

Anne Sullivan, American Educator

Success, People

30

"Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity."

"Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity."

Vartan Gregorian, American Educator

Humanity, Libraries, Stupidity

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"Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person finds another unconscious and administers medical assistance or calls an ambulance."

"Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person finds another unconscious and administers medical assistance or calls an ambulance."

Tom G. Palmer, American Educator

Medical, Choices, Circumstances, Right

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"Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine."

"Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator

Conversation, Debate

30

"The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy is likely to be perverse, in that high interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary pressure."

"The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy is likely to be perverse, in that high interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary pressure."

William Vickrey, Canadian Educator

Policy, Effect, Interest, Pressure

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"A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit."

"A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit."

D. Elton Trueblood, American Educator

Life, Man, Meaning, Plants

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"Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top."

"Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top."

Timothy Leary, American Educator

30

"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

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"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

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"The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge - has guided my work for a long time now."

"The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge - has guided my work for a long time now."

Edward Tufte, American Educator

Time, Work, Idea, Knowledge

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"Instead of having to be a member of the Royal Society to do science, the way you had to be in England in the 17th, 18th, centuries today pretty much anybody who wants to do it can, and the information that they need to do it is there."

"Instead of having to be a member of the Royal Society to do science, the way you had to be in England in the 17th, 18th, centuries today pretty much anybody who wants to do it can, and the information that they need to do it is there."

Seth Lloyd, American Educator

Society, Science, England, Information

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"It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach."

"It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach."

Benjamin E. Mays, American Educator

Life, Lie, Goal, Lies

30

"The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule."

"The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

People, Heroism, Ridicule

30

"To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence."

"To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence."

Ann Plato, American Educator

Benevolence, Ignorance

30

"The reserve currency role seems to add prestige to an area and some people in Europe have talked about the desirability of the euro becoming an international reserve currency."

"The reserve currency role seems to add prestige to an area and some people in Europe have talked about the desirability of the euro becoming an international reserve currency."

Robert C. Solomon, American Educator

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"I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think."

"I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think."

Anne Sullivan, American Educator

Education, Beginning

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"I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive."

"I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive."

Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

Design, Education, Society, Purpose

30

"I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting."

"I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting."

James Lipton, American Educator

Driving, Talking

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"A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands."

"A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands."

William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

30

"Art expresses man."

"Art expresses man."

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

30

"Not all Modern Orthodox Jews, at the present juncture, identify with what the Israeli government does. In Israel many religious Zionists strongly oppose the government because of the disengagement."

"Not all Modern Orthodox Jews, at the present juncture, identify with what the Israeli government does. In Israel many religious Zionists strongly oppose the government because of the disengagement."

Norman Lamm, American Educator

Government, Israel, Present, Religious

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"As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy law."

"As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy law."

Norman Lamm, American Educator

Legislation, Committee, Law, Privacy, Result

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"If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free."

"If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free."

Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator

Experience, Soul, Body, Feet

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"He was a very generous soul and was exceptionally dedicated to the medium of photography."

"He was a very generous soul and was exceptionally dedicated to the medium of photography."

John Sexton, American Educator

Soul, Photography

29

"If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens."

"If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens."

William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

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"True science teaches, above all, to doubt and to be ignorant."

"True science teaches, above all, to doubt and to be ignorant."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

29

"Children have in the past and continue to influence policy makers."

"Children have in the past and continue to influence policy makers."

Carol Bellamy, American Educator

Policy, Children, Influence, Past

29

"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak."

"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak."

Alan Dundes, American Educator

People, Light, Sound

29

"My job is to provide the president with the richest possible consideration, so that he knows what is at stake in whatever decision he makes."

"My job is to provide the president with the richest possible consideration, so that he knows what is at stake in whatever decision he makes."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Decision-Making, Decision, Consideration, Job, President

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"America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton."

"America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton."

Ellsworth Huntington, American Educator

Geography, America, Earth

29

"The first day at the power plant I found myself photographing some steam vents on the roof of the structure. And I remember consciously thinking that they were just like trees but they were metal."

"The first day at the power plant I found myself photographing some steam vents on the roof of the structure. And I remember consciously thinking that they were just like trees but they were metal."

John Sexton, American Educator

Power, Day, First, Thinking

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"We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefore, to give a meaning to the universe."

"We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefore, to give a meaning to the universe."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

God, Meaning, Order, Universe

29

"I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us."

"I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us."

John Sexton, American Educator

Work, Lies, Secrets

29

"When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it."

"When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it."

Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator

Truth, Arguments

29

"Maybe you are the "cool" generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration."

"Maybe you are the "cool" generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration."

Kingman Brewster, Jr., American Educator

Admiration, Coolness, Service

29

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."

Booker T. Washington, American Educator

Life, Success, Obstacles

29

"To repeat, communitarians maintain that we are constituted as persons by our particular obligations, and therefore those obligations cannot be a matter of choice."

"To repeat, communitarians maintain that we are constituted as persons by our particular obligations, and therefore those obligations cannot be a matter of choice."

Tom G. Palmer, American Educator

29

"The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood."

"The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood."

Mary Mcleod Bethune, American Educator

Character, Race, Worth

29

"The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you're trying to accomplish."

"The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you're trying to accomplish."

Michael Porter, American Educator

Strategy, Limits, Trying

29

"The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program."

"The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program."

Kingman Brewster, Jr., American Educator

Reading, Read, Kingman Brewster

29

"When we arrived in Japan in 1988, we were not prepared for the overwhelming support shown to us."

"When we arrived in Japan in 1988, we were not prepared for the overwhelming support shown to us."

Dennis Banks, American Educator

29

"In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard for the laws of war."

"In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard for the laws of war."

John Yoo, American Educator

War, Being, Climate, Laws

29

"I think our vision heretofore has been and should continue to be to have Cardozo be the kind of law school that we can be proud of. I would like to see it gain recognition as one of the three best law schools in New York City."

"I think our vision heretofore has been and should continue to be to have Cardozo be the kind of law school that we can be proud of. I would like to see it gain recognition as one of the three best law schools in New York City."

Norman Lamm, American Educator

Vision, Gain, Law, School

29

"A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid."

"A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid."

Lawrence Lessig, American Educator

Freedom, Artists, Culture, Property

29

"We are somehow natured, not just to reproduce, but for sociality and even for culture."

"We are somehow natured, not just to reproduce, but for sociality and even for culture."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Cultural, Culture

29

"What this means is that we shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation."

"What this means is that we shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation."

Edward Tufte, American Educator

29

"The dollar is currently the principal reserve currency in the world."

"The dollar is currently the principal reserve currency in the world."

Robert C. Solomon, American Educator

29

"It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love."

"It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

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