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|01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing [[sense of life|worth doing]] was to add to the sum of [[Accuracy and precision|accurate]] [[information]] in the world.'''<br /> | |01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing [[sense of life|worth doing]] was to add to the sum of [[Accuracy and precision|accurate]] [[information]] in the world.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Mead]] (1901 - 1978)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Mead]] (1901 - 1978)</cite> | ||
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|41 = '''Education is not filling a [[bucket]] but lighting a [[fire]].'''<br /> | |41 = '''Education is not filling a [[bucket]] but lighting a [[fire]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[William Butler Yeats]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[William Butler Yeats]]<br /> | ||
|42 = '''…it is what you learn by [[writing]] that gives the work its pull. '''<br /> | |42 = '''…it is what you learn by [[writing]] that gives the work its pull.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[David McCullough]], from ''Mornings on Horseback''<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[David McCullough]], from ''Mornings on Horseback''<br /> | ||
|43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<b /> | |||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Wislawa Szymborska]]]<br /> | |||
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Knowledge is the true organ of sight, not the eyes.
— From the Panchatantra (Indian literature)
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