Chiara Snowdancer

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“Reading is not walking on the words; it's grasping the soul of them.”
― Paulo Freire

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“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

{His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle}”
― Alexander the Great

tags: aristotle, debt, father, teacher, teachers

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“Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. ”
― Jane Austen

tags: education, women

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“When each generation listens to different music instead of music that keeps a culture and society together, it can end up dividing us.”
― Ruth Westheimer, The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre

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“I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.”
― Ray Bradbury

tags: education, libraries, self-education

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