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Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of

Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new knowledge. – John Boyd Orr

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That was really so upsetting when you are trying to pass on some very serious knowledge and be basically, treated worse than a student coming off the street because his father pays the tuition. Come on. Give me a break. This is no school. This is a joke. – Miroslav Vitous

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Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and, more that all, must be prayed for. – Thomas Arnold

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If youre a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if hes good, the older he gets, the better he writes. – Mickey Spillane

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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing. – Samuel Butler

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