"I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the latent genius of some youth is more easily brought into action this way, than by the more sordid gratification of self-interest."

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Source : Joseph Lancaster (1803). “Improvements in education, as it respects the industrious classes of the community”, p.48

Joseph Lancaster

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“We do learn something about ourselves when we are up against the wall, and we do most certainly come out stronger.”
“Our triumph over sorrow is not that we can avoid it but that we can endure it. And therein lies our hope; that in spirit we might become bigger than the problems we face.”
“I don't think writing or co-writing my songs makes me a better singer, but I haven't really got an excuse not to do it as I've got too many opinions!”
“...if you are fat, no matter what you wear, nothing is going to make you sexier.”
“The other girls in the village never felt restless. Nhamo was like a pot of boiling water. 'I want...I want...,' she whispered to herself, but she didn't know what she wanted and she had no idea how to find it.”

Source : Nancy Farmer (2010). “A Girl Named Disaster”, p.2, Scholastic Inc.
“When it comes to impending, unavoidable extinction, ignorance is bliss.”
“My favourite films are in languages I don't understand.”

Source : "Chika Anadu On Her Debut ‘B for Boy,’ Transitioning To Film, Telling ‘Women’s Stories,’ More". Interview with MsWOO, www.indiewire.com. October 29, 2013.
“I took a break from acting for four years to get a degree in mathematics at UCLA, and during that time I had the rare opportunity to actually do research as an undergraduate. And myself and two other people co-authored a new theorem: Percolation and Gibbs States Multiplicity for Ferromagnetic Ashkin-Teller Models on Two Dimensions, or Z2.”

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