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Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.


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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.



A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.

A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.



Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.

Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.



The major difference between rats and people is that rats learn from experience.

The major difference between rats and people is that rats learn from experience.



Behavior is determined by its consequences.

Behavior is determined by its consequences.



That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior.

That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior.



Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences

Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences



The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.



It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It's a question of what's to be done from now on.

It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It's a question of what's to be done from now on.



What is love except another name for the use of positive reinforcement? Or vice versa.

What is love except another name for the use of positive reinforcement? Or vice versa.





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In the theatre, people talk. Talk, talk until the cows come home about journeys of discovery and about what Hazlitt thought of a line of Shakespeare. I can't stand it.

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Its going to be interesting to see how society deals with artificial intelligence, but it will definitely be cool.



I demand my right to a private life, just as I respect that right for everybody else.

I demand my right to a private life, just as I respect that right for everybody else.



It is an old custom of these people to pick up a stone and toss it on the pile. Perhaps it is a symbolical lightening of the load they carry, perhaps a small offering to the gods of the trails.

It is an old custom of these people to pick up a stone and toss it on the pile. Perhaps it is a symbolical lightening of the load they carry, perhaps a small offering to the gods of the trails.



Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.

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The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have.

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I've always loved fashion so much and I didn't have access to the kind of fashion I really wanted, so I would do vintage shopping.

I've always loved fashion so much and I didn't have access to the kind of fashion I really wanted, so I would do vintage shopping.



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