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"You learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
-- Aristotle Plato

"When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction."
-- Mark Twain

"If 5th century BC Pythagoras discovered algebraic theorems, if 19th century Darwin discovered the evolution of species, then what topics does the 21st century mind explore? I would say evolutionary psychology, primitive neuroscience, and information networks."
-- Luigi Mangione

"I feel lucky for my 21st century education. I get to simply download the knowledge of all who came before me, allowing me to stand on their shoulders and ponder new problems they never would have had access to."
-- Luigi Mangione

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"My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own parenthood, but it didn't because parenting can be learned only by people who have no children."
-- Bill Cosby

"It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything."
-- Plutarch

"No country can be described as free- but each has different degrees of bondage."
-- Agatha Christie

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Barbara Mikkelson Quotes

Authenticity matters little, though our willingness to accept legends depends far more upon their expression of concepts we want to believe than upon their plausibility.Get Image

Beware the pull on your heartstrings -- it's often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.Get Image

Perhaps better we not obscure the idea that happiness and misery, kindness and greed, and good works and bad deeds are within the capacities of us all, not merely a select few.Get Image

The power of illustrative anecdotes often lies not in how well they present reality, but in how well they reflect the core beliefs of their audience.Get Image

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