"The computer provides the only way to give students a real foundation in 21st-century skills."

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Nicholas Negroponte

#Real Quotes #Technology Quotes #Skills Quotes

“Your life's work begins when your great joy meets the world's great hunger.”
“I am master of my own destiny, and I can make my life anything that I wish it to be.”
“Life is short and love is over in the morning.”
“The finest productions of human art are immensely short of the meanest work of Nature. The nicest artist cannot make a feather or the leaf of a tree.”

Source : Thomas Reid (1822). “The Works of Thomas Reid; with an Account of His Life and Writings”, p.367
“I don't know what lies ahead, but I want to keep going forever...”
“To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt.”

Source : Susan Sontag (1978). “On photography”, Delta
“Always underdress. The goal is not to look as if you made an effort for the particular event. If you can dress for a different party (i.e., wear black tie to a cocktail party, or tennis clothes for lunch), so much the better. You give the impression of being much in demand.”
“If you love math, have a knack for numbers, study hard and become a successful accountant; who cares if you can't draw a straight line or sing on key?”

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