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A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child c

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. – James Baldwin

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An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience. – James Baldwin

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Experience
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James Baldwin
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All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up. – James Baldwin

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Art
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James Baldwin
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James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare– but it may be that nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped in history and history in trapped in them. – James Baldwin

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History
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Other Quotes from
Education
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Education

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Education

I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that its too late by college. – Danica McKellar

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Education

The test and the use of mans education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. – Jacques Barzun

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Education

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Happiness is not a matter of events it depends upon the tides of the mind. – Alice Meynell

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Happiness

Theyre a different generation, those kids kids that are under the age of twelve. Theyre not that impressed by rock music, you know what I mean? Theyre like, its cool and everything, but whatever. Theyre just as impressed by YouTube. – Frank Black

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cool

America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. – Evan Esar

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Education

Do I like my coffee black? There are other colors? – Author Unknown

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Coffee