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Quote by James Tobin
My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literat

My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was my wise and gentle teacher. – James Tobin

Other quotes by James Tobin

Yale places great stress on undergraduate and graduate teaching. I like teaching, and I do a lot of it. – James Tobin

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Graduation
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After the United States entered the war, I joined the Naval Reserve and spent ninety days in a Columbia University dormitory learning to be a naval officer. – James Tobin

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Learning
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What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed. – Simon Newcomb

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I was strongly encouraged by a science teacher who took an interest in me and presented me with a key to the laboratory to allow me to work whenever I wanted. – Frederick Reines

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What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self. – Helen Keller

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As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education. – Sue Kelly

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