The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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Plaid is always cute and always will be. But only on the bottom. At the top, it makes you look like a farmer. ~Jen Lancaster
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there's only you and me, and we just disagree. ~Dave Mason
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If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not; you are not smiling about it. ~Wynton Marsalis
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods. ~Teri Hatcher
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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Whatever you choose you will repent because the other will remain and haunt you. If one needs absolute freedom then choiceless awareness is the only thing. ~Rajneesh
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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