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In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education. – James Payn

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How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain and to judge by the mental stamina it affords him in most cases, what a waste of good food it is! – James Payn

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Food
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For my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought by rights to be in preparation for me, will be at all interfered with by my not meeting again the man I have in my. mind. – James Payn

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Happiness
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There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning. – Jiddu Krishnamurti

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I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could have tolerated anything so primitive. – John W. Gardner

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Making the City Of Joy gave me the best political education of my life. It became a wrestling match between an Englishman who had gradually ceased to be a Marxist, and a culture that was becoming more Marxist by the day. – Roland Joffe

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The only real failure in life is one not learned from. – Anthony J. DAngelo

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Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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I played with dolls until I was 15. My mother encouraged it because my older sister got married when she was 15, so Mom thought that the longer I stayed with dolls, the better. – Linda Evans

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There are so few women in general who arent completely threatened and confused by other womens success. Its very disappointing. – Sandra Bernhard

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