"The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values."

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Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books

A. Bartlett Giamatti

#Mind Quotes #Culture Quotes #Made Quotes

“There was a time when black and navy blue suits were pretty much everything you saw. That has completely changed. People are wearing big checks, checks with browns and blues and shades of gray, and the scale is very large, and some of them are very bold with heavy contrasts.”
“Chiropractic makes me feel a few inches taller each time I come out.”
“If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.”
“Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.”

Source : "Julie Andrews To CU-Boulder Grads: ‘Be An Ambassador For The Kind Of World That You Want To Live In’". The Boulder Daily Camera with Brittany Anas, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2013.
“What Do You Care What Other People Think?”
“Whatever a writer gets paid for his book, it's never enough. I think that's true. It's hard work. But in the end, you wrote a book. It's something real and tangible that sits on a shelf forever.”
“I never will give up.”
“Change the fabric of your own soul and your own visions, and you change all.”

Source : Vachel Lindsay, Dennis Camp (1984). “The poetry of Vachel Lindsay: complete & with Lindsay's drawings”, Spoon River Poetry Pr

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