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Quote by George Herbert
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle a

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin. – George Herbert

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Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst considered to be the manifestation of a dire mental disease whose successful treatment depends on the patient learning to love the analyst more and himself less. – Thomas Szasz

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The relation of repetitions for learning and for repeating English stanzas needs no amplification. These were learned by heart on the first day with less than half of the repetitions necessary for the shortest of the syllable series. – Hermann Ebbinghaus

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Learning

My number one goal was not getting As – and I proved it. I was a C student. You have to be ready to learn. If youre not interesting in learning, it doesnt work. As I grew older and wanted to learn and desperately wanted inside information, learning was a lot easier. – Brian Lamb

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I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function. – Brian Eno

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