Quotes
These are words from others that I’ve found thought-provoking and/or humorous. Enjoy and be sure to check back for the latest additions!
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“An unexamined life is not worth living”
– Socrates
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“One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
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“When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged, and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of a contradiction you’ve detected that is threatening your current model of the world or some aspect of it, pay attention. You are about to learn something.”
– William H. Drury Jr.
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“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
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“Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?”
– US President George W. Bush (January 11, 2000)
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“(Rerun) A woman in Brazil is claiming that her dog has had a litter of babies that are half cat and half dog. Today President Bush said, ‘See, this is why we need to outlaw gay marriage, otherwise things like this happen.’”
– Jay Leno (The Sunday Oregonian, 31 December 2006)
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“What could be more important than to live and work with the oppressed, with the ‘rejects of life,’ with the ‘wretched of the earth?’”
– Paulo Freire (pedagogy of the oppressed)
