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Quote by Jacob Bronowski
It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot

It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it. – Jacob Bronowski

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Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind. – Jacob Bronowski

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Every animal leaves traces of what it was man alone leaves traces of what he created. – Jacob Bronowski

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We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws. – Jacob Bronowski

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For a small child there is no division between playing and learning between the things he or she does just for fun and things that are educational. The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play. – Penelope Leach

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The directors job is full of all sorts of annoyances and details – like how many cars are on the street. Ugh. I dont want it. I like my gig. And I feel that for the next 30 years or so I can keep learning more about it. – Tyne Daly

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A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning. – Laura Bush

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In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning. – Jean Baudrillard

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