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My father was an autodidact. It wasnt a middle-class house. Shopke

My father was an autodidact. It wasnt a middle-class house. Shopkeepers are aspirant. He paid for me to go to private school. He was denied an education – he had a horrible childhood. He got a place at a grammar school and wasnt allowed to go. – Kate Atkinson

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Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination – they dont conform to the reality thats around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress. – Kate Atkinson

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When Im writing, my neural pathways get blocked. I cant read. I can barely hold a conversation without forgetting words and names. I wish I could wear the same clothes and eat the same food each day. – Kate Atkinson

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The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes. – Kate Atkinson

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The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth. – John F. Kennedy

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And really, the basis, I think, of achieving some success in what I want to do today comes from my mothers push to get me to read and to make something of myself from the standpoint of an education. – Sam Donaldson

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You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God. – Tammy Faye Bakker

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A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. – Agnes de Mille

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What are memories but dreams of a better past. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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