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Quote by William James
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man

The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one. – William James

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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. – William James

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Attitude
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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. – William James

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Nature
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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it. – William James

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Worth
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I was a total education geek. I loved school. I loved learning. I loved doing homework. All of my books and notebooks from high school are underlined and highlighted and there are notes all over the margins. And you know, I was a theater kid too. I was all over the place. – Sophia Bush

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Education

Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps. – Jim DeMint

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Education

Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle. – Robert Anthony

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Education

An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently. – Gavin Newsom

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Education

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It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. – Epictetus

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Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it… thats different. – Michael Haneke

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Dinner conversation at the Cohens meant my sister, mom, and I relaying in brutal detail the days events in a state of amplified hysteria, while my father listened to his own smooth jazz station in his head. – Andy Cohen

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I was watching Up In The Air and I thought, Jesus, whos the old gray-haired guy? And it was me. I never wear makeup for movies and now its starting to show. – George Clooney

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