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"My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything."
"Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to me in my childhood than in the truth that is taught by life."
"Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can."
"For remember that in general we don't use language according to strict rules-- it hasn't been taught to us by means of strict rules, either. We, in our discussions on the other hand, constantly compare language with a calculus preceding to exact rules."
"Most people don't need to be taught, they need only to be reminded"
"Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep."
"The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire."
"There is one thing I have never taught my body how to do and that is to figure out at 6 A.M. what it wants to eat at 6 P.M."
"An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught."
"I taught myself the first year course while I was on the dole, then moved to London to do an MA at SOAS, which led straight into a PhD."
"If there was one thing life had taught her it was that there are times when you do not go back for your bag and times when you do. It had yet to teach her to distinguish between the two types of occasion."
"Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth."
"I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible."
"The diary taught me that it is in the moments of emotional crisis that human beings reveal themselves most accurately. I learned to choose the heightened moments because they are the moments of revelation."
"When I was younger I was taught that a winner never quits, and a quitter never wins."
"Do you remember when they taught cursive in schools? I think they don't anymore. But I still enjoy it - just the physical act and all the - the whole business of making a thing out of language."
"I didn't mind basic training. It taught me that something that seems impossible at the start can be achieved."
"Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone."
"My parents taught me service - not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family."
"I have always had a curious nature; I enjoy learning, but I dislike being taught."
