"The art of reading is to skip judiciously. Whole libraries may be skipped in these days, when we have the results of them in our modern culture without going over the ground again."

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Source : Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1875). “The Intellectual Life”, p.163

Philip Gilbert Hamerton

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“Itâ€™s an amazing bond with your child. Some cultures do it up to five years, normally. I thought, 'Well, Iâ€™ll just do it as long as it feels right for my son.'”
“There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.”

Source : "The Old Batchelor: A Comedy".
“A shaft of white light used properly can be far more effective than all the color in the world used indiscriminately.”

Source : Josef Von Sternberg (1988). “Fun in a Chinese Laundry”
“I had just wanted to be part of a story; I wanted to be a person who had a story to tell.”
“Ultimately, your state of mind determines your circumstances. To realize the outcomes you want, it is critical to recognize and experience the transition from our present thoughts, habits, and actions to new thoughts, habits, and actions.”
“It is difficult to thinkof any circumstances where learning may be said to be impossible.”

Source : Quoted in R S Peters (ed) TheConcept of Education (1966), ch.10, 'Learning and Teaching'.
“Subtler and more far-reaching means of invading privacy have become available to the government. Discovery and invention have made it possible for the government, by means far more effective than stretching upon the rack, to obtain disclosure in court of what is whispered in the closet.”
“People are tired of just watching their TV set passively. They are playing interactive games today. They are on the Internet interacting. They want to be part of their TV set.”

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