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“Children have a great urge to learn about dinosaurs.”
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“The United States reaps the thorns its rulers have planted in the world.”
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“Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular classes, should read and dispute together, should have all the honors, and, if one may say so, the pomp of learning set before them, to call up their ardor. It is their business, and they should apply to it as such.”
Source : Anna Letitia Barbauld, Lucy Aikin (1825). “The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld: In Two Volumes”, p.17
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“Let the radiance of my enthusiasms envelop the poor courtyard and the bare classroom. Let my heart be a stronger column and my goodwill purer gold than the columns and gold of rich schools.”
Source : Gabriela Mistral, Doris Dana (1971). “Selected poems of Gabriela Mistral”, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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“I had an interview once with some German journalist—some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the communists—maybe a week after—and she wore a yellow sweater that was kind of see-through. She had huge ***** and a huge black bra, and she said to me, ‘It’s impolite; remove your glasses.’ I said, ‘Do I ask you to remove your bra?”
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“I never did anything for free. Other than dancing in clubs. I give that away for nothing.”
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“Our approach and our vision ... is identical.”
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“Playing it safe and taking no risks is a shortcut to poverty”
Source : Twitter post from Apr 12, 2013 
