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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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Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind! – William James

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Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out theyve got a second. – William James

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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. – William James

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America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few. – Will Rogers

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Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People dont always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history. – Caroline Kennedy

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About half my work in education is U.S. political reform around school districts and charter schools, and creating more room for entrepreneurial organizations to develop. And about half on technology, which I look at as a global platform. – Reed Hastings

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Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. – G.K. Chesterton

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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself. – James Madison

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I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it. – Robert Caro

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