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I never guess. It is a shocking habit — destructive to the logical faculty. – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Choose an attitude of wonderment, taking in all that is being said without assuming you already know what the speaker is talking about. Let go of jumping ahead to finish his or her thoughts. In order to learn you have to risk change…changing your mind! – Dwight Frindt

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