Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.
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Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.G. M. Trevelyan
One half who graduate from college never read another book.
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The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
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A little man often cast a long shadow.
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Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.
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