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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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We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth. – Norman Cousins

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A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. – Norman Cousins

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After completing a Delaware State education, they were afforded opportunities beyond anything they might have imagined – and they opened doors for themselves that surely would have remained closed if they only had a high school education. – Michael N. Castle

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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly. – Michel de Montaigne

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Over the next two years UNICEF will focus on improving access to and the quality of education to provide children who have dropped out of school or who work during school hours the opportunity to gain a formal education! – Roger Moore

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For-profit higher education is today a booming industry, feeding on the student loans handed out to the desperate. – Thomas Frank

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Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience. – Dale Carnegie

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The love of truth lies at the root of much humor. – Robertson Davies

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