"Self-respect to be nourished in the mind of the pupil, is one of the most valuable results of a well conducted education."

-- William Godwin

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“And all the zig-zags and lines in my hair? I used to do that myself. I just thought it was cool that you could actually do that with your hair.”
“America is a noisy culture, unlike, say, Finland, which values silence. Individualism, dominant in the U.S. and Germany, promotes the direct, fast-paced style of communication associated with extraversion. Collectivistic societies, such as those in East Asia, value privacy and restraint, qualities more characteristic of introverts.”
“Philosophy is this amazing technique we've devised for getting reality to answer us back when we're getting it wrong. Science itself can't make those arguments. You actually have to rely on philosophy, on philosophy of science.”
“My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary”
“In England the practice of "virtual" representation provided reasonably well for the actual representation of the major interests of the society, and it raised no widespread objection.”

Source : Bernard Bailyn (2012). “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution”, p.167, Harvard University Press
“The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.”
“To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.”
“I like to work half a day. I don't care of it's the first twelve hours or the second twelve hurs. I just put in my half every day. It keeps me out of trouble.”

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