In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance.
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It is the individual who knows how little he knows about himself who stands a reasonable chance of finding out something about himself before he dies.S. I. Hayakawa
How anybody dresses is indicative of his self-concept. If students are dirty and ragged, it indicates they are not interested in tidying up their intellects either.
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So I will say it with relish. Give me a hamburger but hold the lawsuit.
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Ever since man began to till the soil and learned not to eat the seed grain but to plant it and wait for the harvest, the postponement of gratification has been the basis of a higher standard of living and civilization.
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The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it was used by George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.
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