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> [History shows us a lot of things. It shows why the Lord's Prayer includes the supplication: "And lead us not into temptation."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-schauble/history-shows-us-a-lot-of-things-it-shows-why-the-lord-s-prayer/)

[Wolfgang Schauble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-schauble/)

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> [Over the past decade I have watched many friends go through graduate school and write dissertations. Through that process, I have seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-spade/over-the-past-decade-i-have-watched-many-friends-go-through-graduate/)

[Dean Spade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-spade/)

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> [Dissertations are not finished; they are abandoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-brooks/dissertations-are-not-finished-they-are-abandoned/)

[Fred Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-brooks/)

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> [I actually did work and produced two short dissertations, one on Faulkner and one on the film criticism of the stream-of-consciousness novelist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-messud/i-actually-did-work-and-produced-two-short-dissertations-one-on/)

[Claire Messud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-messud/)

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> [Not everybody is talented for doing research. I think many women prefer to look for an easier job after their dissertations because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-nusslein-volhard/not-everybody-is-talented-for-doing-research-i-think-many-women/)

[Christiane Nusslein-Volhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christiane-nusslein-volhard/)

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> [I hate set dissertations,--and above all things in the world, 'tis one of the silliest things in one of them, to darken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-sterne/i-hate-set-dissertations-and-above-all-things-in-the-world-tis-one-of/)

[Laurence Sterne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-sterne/)

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