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Quote by Edward Young
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow i

Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote. – Edward Young

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The future… seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done. – Edward Young

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Edward Young
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There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. – Edward Young

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No Child Left Behinds fourth-grade gains arent learning gains, theyre testing gains. Thats why they dont last. The law is a distraction from things that really count. – Jonathan Kozol

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Theres no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume. – Morgan Freeman

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I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned. – Shimon Peres

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Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them. – Joseph Addison

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John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, Im on borrowed time. – Maureen OHara

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