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“Really, there’s nothing in the world as undependable as human beings.”
― Botchan
― Botchan
“In contemporary culture, we are concerned that everything we do be useful for something. [...] we find ourselves in the land of half-baked pseudoscience like the “Mozart makes you smart” fad. The fact that Mozart’s fantastic play has value in itself is not sufficient because in order to justify financial and other kinds of support for the arts, we have to demonstrate that Mozart will raise a fetus’s IQ, which will make the fetus grow into a productive unit in the economy.”
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“This crime was by my father done -To me, but never by me to one." (in regards to life and being born)”
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“A young man who has the right strength for one organization may be a total misfit in another, which from the outside looks just the same.”
― The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
― The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
“Unfortunately, some have used history curricula for the sole purpose of promoting national identity and patriotism, without any devotion to the proper study of history.”
― Why Ancient History Matters
― Why Ancient History Matters
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