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“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think”
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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― A Dance with Dragons
― A Dance with Dragons
“Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma.”
― Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
― Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
“Although many of us may think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, biologically we are feeling creatures that think”
― My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
― My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
“All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards thier goal. The great scientists, the philosophers, the religious leaders - all maniacs. What else but a blind singlenee of purpose could have given focus to thier genius, would have kept them in the groove of purpose. Mania ... is as priceless as genius.”
― Doctor No
― Doctor No
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