John Updike's Quote - The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an

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The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an

The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education. – John Updike

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Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. – John Updike

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For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities. – John Updike

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A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other peoples patience. – John Updike

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It is just called Continuing Legal Education. You can go to lectures, you can even listen to tapes on airplanes – they want you to stay current. So you do have to stay current to maintain your license even if you are not practicing. – Frank Shorter

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Responsibility educates. – Wendell Phillips

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My parents grew up working class, but in that way that working class families do, they spent a fortune on education to better me. – Graham Norton

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I always felt that I came up short in the education department, but Ive come to the conclusion that we all get an education. – Michael J. Fox

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Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born. – John Florio

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God help those who do not help themselves. – Wilson Mizner

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