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Whatever an education is, it should make you a unique individual, not a conformist.


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Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager.

Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager.



There isn't a right way to become educated; there are as many ways as there are fingerprints.

There isn't a right way to become educated; there are as many ways as there are fingerprints.



You either learn your way towards writing your own script in life, or you unwittingly become an actor in someone else's script.

You either learn your way towards writing your own script in life, or you unwittingly become an actor in someone else's script.



One of the first things a family tries to teach its children is the difference between good and evil, right and wrong. One of the first things our schools do is destroy that distinction.

One of the first things a family tries to teach its children is the difference between good and evil, right and wrong. One of the first things our schools do is destroy that distinction.



The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them to take responsibility for their lives.

The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them to take responsibility for their lives.



Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood and by teaching disrespect for home and parents.

Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood and by teaching disrespect for home and parents.



You need experience, adventure, and explorations more than you need algebra!

You need experience, adventure, and explorations more than you need algebra!



Creative work and critical thought, which produces new knowledge, can't be conditioned; indeed, conditioning prevents these things from ever happening.

Creative work and critical thought, which produces new knowledge, can't be conditioned; indeed, conditioning prevents these things from ever happening.



The premise upon which mass compulsion schooling is based is dead wrong. It tries to shoehorn every style, culture, and personality into one ugly boot that fits nobody.

The premise upon which mass compulsion schooling is based is dead wrong. It tries to shoehorn every style, culture, and personality into one ugly boot that fits nobody.



Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge.

Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge.





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I've made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.

I've made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.



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I have my dad's shape. No booty.



Today the traveller on the Nile enters a wonderland at whose gates rise the colossal pyramids of which he has had visions perhaps from earliest childhood.

Today the traveller on the Nile enters a wonderland at whose gates rise the colossal pyramids of which he has had visions perhaps from earliest childhood.



I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.



It's funny, he said, have you ever thought that a girl's clothes cost more than the girl inside them?

It's funny, he said, have you ever thought that a girl's clothes cost more than the girl inside them?



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Every director is so different from every other one.



I talk to friends who get their feelings hurt when they read Twitter mentions. I have an amazing solution - don't read Twitter mentions.

I talk to friends who get their feelings hurt when they read Twitter mentions. I have an amazing solution - don't read Twitter mentions.



A dance performance is rather like going out into a battlefield. You have to hold the attention of as many as five to 10,000 people a lot of whom do not follow your language.

A dance performance is rather like going out into a battlefield. You have to hold the attention of as many as five to 10,000 people a lot of whom do not follow your language.




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