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John Muir Naturalist, Writer
Learning

"One is constantly reminded of the infinite lavishness and fertility of Nature-inexhaustible abundance amid what seems enormous waste. And yet when we look into any of her operations that lie within reach of our minds, we learn that no particle of her material is wasted or worn out. It is eternally flowing from use to use, beauty to yet higher beauty; and we soon cease to lament waste and death, and rather rejoice and exult in the imperishable, unspendable wealth of the universe."

Lying Nature Learning
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Mervyn King Economist
Learning

"When I was a graduate student at Harvard, I learned about showers and central heating. Ten years later, I learned about breakfast meetings. These are America's three great contributions to civilization."

Years Civilization Learning
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Mortimer Adler Philosopher, Educator
Learning

"The teacher's role in discussion is to keep it going along fruitful lines - be moderating, guiding, correcting and arguing like one more students."

Teacher Teaching Learning
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Louise Hay Author, Motivational Speaker
Learning

"All teachers are good for someone. There are some teachers out there who I cannot stand, for whatever reason. I cannot even bear the sound of one teacher's voice. Yet they are wonderful teachers for other people. They just are not for me."

Teacher Education Learning
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Plato Philosopher
Learning

"[Not enough is known about solid geometry] and for two reasons: in the first place, no government places value on it; this leads to a lack of energy in the pursuit of it, and it is difficult. In the second place, students cannot learn it unless they have a teacher. But then a teacher can hardly be found."

Science Teacher Learning
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Adrian Smith Musician
Learning

"Any approach to scientific inference which seeks to legitimize it and answer in reponse to complex uncertainty is, for me, a totalitarian parody of a would-be rational learning process."

Would Be Answers Learning
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Confucius Philosopher
Learning

"In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am."

Learning Unlikely Trustworthy
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Bob Brown Politician
Learning

"Australia must prioritise education spending. It is not a question of whether or not we have the money, it is a question of how we choose to spend it."

Money Learning Australia
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Alan Watts Philosopher, Writer
Learning

"The greater the scientist, the more he is impressed with his ignorance of reality, and the more he realizes that his laws and labels, descriptions and definitions, are the products of his own thought. They help him to use the world for purposes of his own devising rather than understand and explain it."

Ignorance Knowledge Learning
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Alton Brown Chef, Television Personality
Learning

"I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work - which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I'm a lousy delegator, but I'm learning."

Learning Harder Doing Me
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Winston Churchill Politician, Writer, Historian
Learning

"The destiny of man is not measured by material computations. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we’re spirits—not animals…. There’s something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty."

Moving Time Learning
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Wilferd Peterson Author and Speaker
Learning

"Read! Read something every day. Discipline yourself to a regular schedule of reading. In fifteen minutes a day you can read twenty books a year."

Book Reading Learning
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