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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 world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds. – William James

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Change
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If merely feeling good could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. – William James

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Experience
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Education

We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought. – Bertrand Russell

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Education

I dont think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing. – Jenna Bush

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Education

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve. – William Glasser

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To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future. – Emile M. Cioran

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L.A.s cool I had a run with it to where it just pretty much wore me out. I love the weather and I have great friends there, great family, but I really cannot take a lot of the culture. Like Nashville, where everybodys a songwriter, everybody out there is an actor. – Shooter Jennings

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