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Quote by Edward Thorndike
Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of

Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature. – Edward Thorndike

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Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology. – Edward Thorndike

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Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics: Aims, materials, means and methods. – Edward Thorndike

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If anybody wanted to photograph my life, theyd get bored in a day. Heres Matt at home learning his lines. Heres Matt researching in aisle six of his local library. A few hours of that and theyd go home. – Matt Damon

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I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters. – Mick Taylor

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I went to Duke University in the medical track. And then I decided I wanted to do something more creative, so I switched to biochemistry at Nebraska. – Ken Wilber

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