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Maria Montessori Educator, Physician
Learning

"There is in every child a painstaking teacher so skillful that he obtains identical results in all children in all parts of the world. The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one teaches them anything."

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Lewis Thomas Physician, Author
Learning

"As evolutionary time is measured, we have only just turned up and have hardly had time to catch breath, still marveling at our thumbs, still learning to use the brand-new gift of language. Being so young, we can be excused all sorts of folly and can permit ourselves the hope that someday, as a species, we will begin to grow up."

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Herbert Simon Economist
Learning

"Mathematics is a language. We want scientists to be able to read it, speak it, and write it. But we are are not training them to be grammarians."

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Walt Disney Animator, Film Producer
Learning

"I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained."

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Jim Rohn Author, Motivational Speaker
Learning

"Always be eager to learn, no matter how successful you might already be. In the Millionaires' Club, we sometimes invite a billionaire to come talk to us. He says, 'You're doing okay, but come on. How about if you really poured it on!'"

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