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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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In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them. – Thomas Huxley

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Art
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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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If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Natures part that she did not mean him to be a head worker. – Thomas Huxley

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Nature
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Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail. – Luciano Pavarotti

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No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading. I have books overflowing everywhere. I am current on todays events and I read the paper every day, and we talk about it, so they see that appetite. – Michael J. Fox

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Learning

Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today havent gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights. – Hal David

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During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities. – Michael N. Castle

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If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger. – Hubert H. Humphrey

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I can sing and dance. I can smile – a lot. – Chris Colfer

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[R]eligion cannot be given or bought, but must grow as trees grow, needing frost and snow, rain and wind to strengthen it before it is deep-rooted in the soul. – Louisa May Alcott, “Through the Mist,” Work: A Story of Experience, 1873

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Adversity introduces a man to himself. – Author Unknown

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