Quote by Norman Cousins
The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people t

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny. – Norman Cousins

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It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing. – Norman Cousins

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A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas – a place where history comes to life. – Norman Cousins

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You cant legislate good will – that comes through education. – Malcolm X

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Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our childrens right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future. – Michael Morpurgo

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Tonight, you are hearing from the Democratic women of the Senate… We stand together on so many issues: economic prosperity, quality education for all, protecting a womans right to choose. – Barbara Boxer

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An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious — just dead wrong. – R.Baker

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When I was eight years old, I got a dummy for Christmas and started teaching myself. I got books and records and sat in front of the bathroom mirror, practising. I did my first show in the third grade and just kept going there was no reason to quit. – Jeff Dunham

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