"Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure."

-- Sidney Hook

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“Like when you pick up a book and you don't realize what type of text it is - it could be an essay, a novel, a biography - and at one point you realize you don't know where, as a reader, you want to be. Where are you going with this text? What is the goal? How are you supposed to interpret what you're reading? And people's responses vary - some dislike it, and are put off by the confusion, the lack of comprehension.”

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“We become obsessed with 'truth' when discussing statements, just as we become obsessed with 'freedom' when discussing conduct...Like freedom, truth is a bare minimum or an illusory ideal.”
“I'd like to go to Brazil I think. Do a little South America trip.”
“You need bad things to make good things. Itâ€™s like with farmingâ€” if you want to grow a good crop, you need a lot of manure.”
“In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.”
“Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.”

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“I wanted to combine science and photography in a sensible, unemotional way. Some peopleâ€™s ideas of scientific photography is just arty design, something pretty. That was not the idea. The idea was to interpret science sensibly, with good proportion, good balance and good lighting, so we could understand it.”
“See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.”

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