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The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education — or that the object and reward of learning is continued capacity for growth.


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We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience.

We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience.



Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process.

Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process.



You cannot teach today the same way you did yesterday to prepare students for tomorrow.

You cannot teach today the same way you did yesterday to prepare students for tomorrow.



Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.

Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.



Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.



If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.

If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.



How can the child learn to be a free and responsible citizen when the teacher is bound?

How can the child learn to be a free and responsible citizen when the teacher is bound?



To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.



I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform.

I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform.



The real process of education should be the process of learning to think through the application of real problems.

The real process of education should be the process of learning to think through the application of real problems.





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When I was 15, I worked at a dry cleaner because I wanted Abercrombie Fitch jeans. My mom told me I could have $20 jeans, not $70 jeans, unless I was willing to work for them. So I did!

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I learned life were no dream I learned truth deceived Man is not God Life is a century Death an instant

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I have some calls out to Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Eddie Murphy. I said, 'I won't star in any blockbuster films if you stay out of animated films.' They just won't call me back.

I have some calls out to Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Eddie Murphy. I said, 'I won't star in any blockbuster films if you stay out of animated films.' They just won't call me back.



I'm a storyline. I'm the chosen one for negative stories and controversial things. If I worried about it all, I would go insane.

I'm a storyline. I'm the chosen one for negative stories and controversial things. If I worried about it all, I would go insane.



Nobody in Britain has voted for 4 million people to come here in the last 15 years, and for probably another 3 million to come between now and 2020.

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We will not duck the tough issues, we will lead.

We will not duck the tough issues, we will lead.



I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.

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Those Montana Indians were so tough that white people were scared of them. Can you imagine a place where white people are scared of Indians and not the other way around? That's Montana.

Those Montana Indians were so tough that white people were scared of them. Can you imagine a place where white people are scared of Indians and not the other way around? That's Montana.




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