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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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The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline. – Jacob Bronowski

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That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer. – Jacob Bronowski

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Much learning does not teach understanding. – Heraclitus

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Advise for anybody – enjoy what you are doing, enjoy the process of learning and dont be impatient. – Robin Cousins

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Were learning how important it is both to preserve sibling relationships if they work and repair them if theyre broken. Were also learning a lot about nonliteral siblings – stepsiblings, half-siblings – and the surprising power they can have. – Jeffrey Kluger

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People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. – Francis Bacon

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