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Quote by Thomas Huxley
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up eve

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing. – Thomas Huxley

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I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. – Thomas Huxley

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Happiness
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Thomas Huxley
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It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body. – Thomas Huxley

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Education
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I feel the older I get, the more Im learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, its all about finding yourself. – Ringo Starr

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For the past eight years, the right has been better at working the refs. Now the left is learning how to play the game. – Eric Alterman

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You made a lot of mistakes, and you wrote a lot of crap. But it was all part of the learning process. – Cynthia Weil

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I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking whats universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No matter where you are, certain things unite everybody. – Laura Linney

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