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|46 = '''Every minute of every day, millions of curious [[ape]]s click billions of [[hyperlink|links]], each tracing their own miniature voyages of [[discovery]].'''<br /> | |46 = '''Every minute of every day, millions of curious [[ape]]s click billions of [[hyperlink|links]], each tracing their own miniature voyages of [[discovery]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Martin Robbins]] in a [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/28/science-journalism-spoof blog post] for [[The Guardian]]''<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Martin Robbins]] in a [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/28/science-journalism-spoof blog post] for [[The Guardian]]''<br /></cite> | ||
|47 = '''Study the past if you would divine the | |47 = '''Study the past if you would divine the future.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]]<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]]<br /></cite> | ||
|48 = '''What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.'''<br /> | |48 = '''What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.'''<br /> | ||
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<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[A.E. Housman]]</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[A.E. Housman]]</cite> | ||
|51 = '''Writing is easy. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.'''<br /> | |51 = '''Writing is easy. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Red Smith</cite> | ||
|52 = '''It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.'''<br /> | |52 = '''It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Mark Twain]]''<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Mark Twain]]''<br /> | ||
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<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Phillipe Soller, novelist<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Phillipe Soller, novelist<br /> | ||
|55 = '''We do but learn today what our better advanced judgements will unteach tomorrow.'''<br /> | |55 = '''We do but learn today what our better advanced judgements will unteach tomorrow.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Sir Thomas Browne<br /> | ||
|56 = '''Anything is a legitimate area of investigation.''' | |56 = '''Anything is a legitimate area of investigation.''' | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://deshoda.com/words/truisms/ Truisms]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://deshoda.com/words/truisms/ Truisms]<br /> | ||
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You teach best what you most need to learn.
— Richard Bach
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