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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
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"If you think of this world as a place intended simply for our happiness, you find it quite intolerable: think of it as a place of training and correction and it's not so bad."

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Virginia Satir Psychotherapist, Author
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"Put together all the existing families and you have society. It is as simple as that. Whatever kind of training took place in the individual family will be reflected in the kind of society that these families create."

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Colin Wilson Author, Philosopher
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"If you can train your senses to perceive the movement of the minute hand of a clock, what is to stop you for training them to 'slow down' when you look at a tree or a puddle?"

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"I sang in a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. You know, not professional, we just did it for fun. We just did gigs all over Edinburgh and some in Glasgow and some at festivals."

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Peter Drucker Management Consultant, Author
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"Every enterprise is learning and teaching institution. Training and development must be built into it on all levels, training and development that never stop."

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Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
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"Training for strength and flexibility is a must. You must use it to support your techniques. Techniques alone are no good if you don't support them with strength and flexibility."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship."

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Herbert Simon Economist
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"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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Theodore Roosevelt Politician, Author
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"There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far."

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Jack Ma Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
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"No matter what your current condition, how or where you grew up, or what education or training you feel you lack, you can be successful in your chosen endeavor. It is spirit, fortitude, and hardiness that matter more than where you start."

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