"The thing about education - and why I'm so passionate about the position and status of the university - is that it's supposed to teach citizens how to think better, how to think critically, how to tell truth from falsehood, how to make a judgment about when they're being lied to and duped and when they're not, how to evaluate scientific teaching. Losing that training of citizens is an extremely dangerous road to go down."

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Source : Source: www.salon.com

Joan Wallach Scott

#Teaching Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Training Quotes

“The Commonwealth is one of three belts I want to win before going for a world title.”
“It kind of sounds like the noise a goat would make if you punched it in the face.”
“If you're feeling pressure, then you shouldn't be here.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Sometimes buying the ugly work is the thing that you know you should do.”
“I do not deny "God", because that word conveys to me no idea, and I cannot deny that which presents to me no distinct affirmation, and of which the would-be affirmer has no conception.”

Source : Charles Bradlaugh (1875). “A Few Words About the Devil: And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays”, p.263, Library of Alexandria
“I love the fact that there are also women out there that don't have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids. Thank goodness that we value those people too.”
“Nothing is so weakening as regret.”
“The person who is in tune with the Universe becomes like a radio receiver, through which the voice of the Universe is transmitted.”

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