"Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum."

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Source : "The Real Problem With Waiting for 'Superman'" by Aaron Swartz, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 7, 2010.

Aaron Swartz

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“If you really want to get better at golf, go back and take it up at a much earlier age.”
“The war is between us and the Jews. Any country that steps into the same trench as the Jews has only itself to blame.”
“The most precious love is often the kind that isn't returned, and that is given freely.”

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“Pink culture is presented in a positive, pink and gentle way bordering on the thinking that we are "close" to finding a cure. This does not reflect today's reality of more women dying around the world from this disease and the lack of real progress.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I am very sorry to know and hear how unreverently that most precious jewel, the Word of God, is disputed, rhymed, sung and jangled in every ale-house and tavern, contrary to the true meaning and doctrine of the same.”
“Congress voted for tougher laws on corporations. So now when a corporation buys a senator, they need a receipt.”
“I live in a small country in Europe - Finland - and I don't speak English well and I had nothing to do with publishing houses in the West. I lived in complete isolation.”
“The enforcement is the flip side to the growth. And that's OK.”

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