"At Reed College, I learned very quickly that I didn't know nearly enough. I learned, first, that every student there was as smart as I was, and quite a few seemed smarter."

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Source : John Daniel (2012). “Rogue River Journal: A Winter Alone”, p.136, Counterpoint

John Daniel

#Smart Quotes #College Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“They're old; they're about God hundreds of years ago. Not about God now" "But God doesn't change" "Men do though”
“I love 'Guitar Hero' because I love music, but I have no musical ability whatsoever. So I love a game that makes you feel like you're a rock star.”
“I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate.”
“A successful work will draw out the features capable of exciting a sense of beauty and interest in the spectator.”
“One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron.”
“If we do not make tough decisions now, future Americans will have to make even tougher ones.”
“Even when there are times that we're not happy, happiness will creep in.”
“Marriage is too interesting an experiment to be tried only once.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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