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As a means of dispensing formulated ignorance our boasted public school system is not without merit; it spreads out education sufficiently thin to give everyone enough to make him a more competent fool than he would have been without it... Ambrose Bierce
Cultural legacies are powerful forces. They have deep roots and long lives. They persist, generation after generation, virtually intact, even as the economic and social and demographic conditions that spawned them have vanished, and they play such a role in directing attitudes and behavior that we cannot make sense of our world without them. Malcolm Gladwell
Humankind is innocent, loving, and creative, you dig? It's the bureaucracies that create the evil, that make Honor and Community impossible, and it's the kids who really take it in the groin. Paul Goodman
Ella Wheeler Wilcox quote: "To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out..."
To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, that there are opportunities to change things, then there is a possibility that you can contribute to making a better world. Noam Chomsky
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Know thyself,’ said Socrates. Know thyself,’ said Sappho, ‘and..."
Know thyself,’ said Socrates. Know thyself,’ said Sappho, ‘and make sure that the Church never finds out. Jeanette Winterson
What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures, to make manhood more noble, womanhood more beautiful, and childhood more happy and bright. Samuel Gompers
Diane Johnson quote: "Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavor,..."
Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavor, keeps it from being too dry, and makes it easier to swallow. Diane Johnson
John Wooden quote: "Things turn out best for those who make best of how things..."
Things turn out best for those who make best of how things turn out. John Wooden
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "By God, I could make myself bring her that economically halved..."
By God, I could make myself bring her that economically halved grapefruit, that sugarless breakfast. Vladimir Nabokov
The whole value of solitude depends upon oneself; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it. John Lubbock
In fact, one might make the case that New York would not have shone without its legions of contrary devils polishing the lights of goodness with their inexplicable opposition and resistance. Mark Helprin
Any situation in which some men prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence? to alienate humans from their own decision making is to change them into objects. Paulo Freire
They're real strong magic, they make you have good luck. Not like fried chicken when you're not lookin' for it, but things like long life n' good health, n' passin' six weeks tests...these are real valuable to somebody. Harper Lee
The books that help you most are those which make you think the most. A great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty. Theodore Parker

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