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Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential poin

Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment. – John Dewey

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Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis. – John Dewey

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Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. – John Dewey

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The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. – John Dewey

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I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt. – Scotty Bowman

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We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. – Alexander Hamilton

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If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile. – Proverb

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They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils. – Francis Bacon

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