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Quote by Henry Adams
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. – Henry Adams

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Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. – Henry Adams

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My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out. – Dylan Thomas

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What will we do in a globalised world? All human beings are equal, so they have the same right to have the same lifestyle-the same social security, jobs, education. – Joschka Fischer

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My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table I had a tremendous music education. – Renee Fleming

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The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done. – Jean Piaget

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