"Education, in its broadest sense, is the means of this social continuity of life."

-- John Dewey

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“People compose the schedules they do out of the priorities they have; and someone who says otherwise is deceiving himself about what he really values. The same thing applies to money that applies to time. I make a practice of watching what people do, never what they say. Whatever is important, to anyone sane, he will make a place for it; people live out their values. Values are different in this respect from "ideals," which are typically vain and effete and thus exist mostly for the sake of promoting self-delusions.”
“Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television.”
“I am honestly not sure how capable I am of love. And I'm not sure why.”
“A good photographer can make you look incredible, even when you're not feeling very sexy.”
“I mean, I don't think I'm alone when I look at the homeless person or the bum or the psychotic or the drunk or the drug addict or the criminal and see their baby pictures in my mind's eye. You don't think they were cute like every other baby?”
“I indeed do respect all people for the positives in their life. Sadly, there comes a time of diminishing returns in the balance. At the end of the day, my respect is reserved for those solidly in the asset column of mankind.”
“Progress is made by the improvement of people, not the improvement of machines.”

Source : Adrian Tchaikovsky (2009). “Blood of the Mantis: Shadows of the Apt”, p.203, Pan Macmillan
“A demon, in a way, is a test of your faith. Because if you're doing God's work, there's no reason for any demon to do anything to you.”

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