Because of the mainstreaming of academia's victimhood culture, we are now in a place where we place more value on being a… — Andy Ngo Copy Share Image
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In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business - people… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
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Instruction in academia did not emphasize what I thought of as essential points. I was interested in the broad range of interrelated… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
“Well, Mr Thomas, while I'm in favour of education, I couldn't in good conscience recommend a university career in anything but the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
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What do you call a co-worker these days? Neither teammate nor confederate will do, and partner is too legalistic. The answer brought… — William Safire Copy Share Image
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“Adjunct teachers are the professorial equivalent of the migrant Mexican farm laborers hired during harvest. If you can get a good contract… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
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It was only in university I was told that I was dyslexic. It kind of gave me the confidence to be able… — Erin Richards Copy Share Image
“(If you'd like to see it, I've been keeping a log of department meetings ranked according to level of trauma, with a… — Julie Schumacher Dear Committee Members Copy Share Image
Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of… — Jay Griffiths Copy Share Image
If I hadn't spent a big chunk of time in academia I might not have the depth of consciousness I do about… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
The approach of intellect or noesis will forever be an effete and limited sort of thing by contrast with the vigor and… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
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“...I'm worried I will leave grad school and no longer be able to speak English. I know this woman in grad school,… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Forcing companies to recruit away from the golf course might lead to the appointment of more women from NGOs and academia and… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
Academia is alas full of special interests and specialists who presumed it was possible to "leapfrog" over this or that entire line… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
The venerable Robert E. Lee has taken some vicious hits, as dishonest or misinformed advocates among political interest groups and in academia… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
I'm not one of these people who is sour about academia. I'm very lucky not to be in academia, but I am… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
While you are walking you would learn much more about filmmaking than if you were in a classroom. During your voyage you… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
“Oh, maybe a little treasure for the more rabid Incunks, the collectors and the academics who maintained their positions in large part… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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I think if somebody is so set in their ways about what they feel about something - and you get this a… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
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My father, Benjamin Shiller, told me not to believe in authorities or celebrities - that society tends to imagine them as superhuman.… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
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