"The first object of any act of learning, over and beyond the pleasure it may give, is that it should serve us in the future. Learning should not only take us somewhere; it should allow us later to go further more easily."

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Source : "Horace's Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School". Book by Ted Sizer, p. 95, 1984.

Ted Sizer

#Giving Quotes #May Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Lochsong - she's like Linford Christie ... without the lunchbox.”
“The bottom line is there is large uncertainty because nobody has a very good handle on the aerodynamics at those altitudes and at those speeds. Given that large degree of uncertainty, life could be normal during entry or some bad things could happen.”

Source : "Astronaut Will Make Shuttle Repairs in Orbit". "NPR News" with David Kestenbaum, www.npr.org. August 2, 2005.
“I absolutely intend to return every penny given to me by my Democratic colleagues and Democratic leaders”
“Nobody notices it when your zipper is up, but everyone notices when it's down.”
“Being, be bold and venture to be wise.”
“Joy is overwhelming fun - fun so big that it overflows your mind, heart, body - as if all of life and love were spilling into you and you were spilling out.”
“There were a lot of times where there was a great deal of fodder recorded and played, because there was a market for it - just as there is today. And there were more bad bands than there were good bands - I think that should always be remembered.”
“I had grown up accustomed to living a life of high drama.”

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