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The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe,

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring. – Robertson Davies

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Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars. – Robertson Davies

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Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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I started practicing yoga. I started learning some hands-on healing stuff. And I found really good chiropractors, really good massage therapists, and what I found is Ive been able to actually peel off layers of trauma on my body and actually move better now than I did. – Ricky Williams

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Learning

I cant sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning. – Buddy Rich

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Id go down to the end of my street, to a garage that had a certain feeling about it, or a particular light Id take a picture of a friend who needed a head shot. Thats how I learned, instead of having school assignments and learning camera techniques. – Herb Ritts

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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new. – Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)

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If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe. – Valerie Jarrett

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Life is pharmaceutical from head to cuticle. – David McCord, Perambulator Poems, 1941

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There is nothing impossible to him who will try. – Alexander The Great

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