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One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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Teaching is a calling too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy - angels leading their flocks out of the darkness. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

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The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

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Intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn. ↗

— Daniel Keyes

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Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. ↗

— Roger Lewin

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…it’s not just learning that’s important. It’s learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters. ↗

— Norton Juster

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Home is a child's first and most important classroom. ↗

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

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No man threatens His Grace in the presence of the Kingsguard.” Tyrion Lannister raised an eyebrow. “I am not threatening the king, ser, I am educating my nephew. Bronn, Timett, the next time Ser Boros opens his mouth, kill him.” The dwarf smiled. “Now that was a threat, ser. See the difference? ↗

— George R.R. Martin

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It is personal. That's what an education does. It makes the world personal. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

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An intelligent person, looking out of his eyes and hearkening in his ears, with a smile on his face all the time, will get more true education than many another in a life of heroic vigils". ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

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