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> [“seventy-six-year-old Professor Liviu Librescu, but he was from a different generation. He sacrificed himself by holding the door while ordering his students…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-bird/seventy-six-year-old-professor-liviu-librescu-but-he-was-from-a/)

[Chris Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-bird/)

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> [“The last class of my old professor's life took place once a week in his house, by a window in the study…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/the-last-class-of-my-old-professor-s-life-took-place-once-a-week-in/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/mitch-albom-187_education_the-last-class-of-my-old-professor-s-lif_166237.png)

> [A few years ago I met an old professor at the University of Notre Dame. Looking back on his long life of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/a-few-years-ago-i-met-an-old-professor-at-the-university-of-notre/)

[Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/)

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> [My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-seeger/my-dad-the-old-professor-used-to-say-never-get-into-an-argument-about/)

[Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-seeger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/pete-seeger-1942_argument_my-dad-the-old-professor-used-to-say-nev_646809.png)

> [I asked an 85 year old professor, 'What makes you cry?' He said, 'Whenever I see or hear the truth.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/i-asked-an-85-year-old-professor-what-makes-you-cry-he-said-whenever/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

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> [“Here was the old Professor Emerson, simmering beneath Gabriel's chastened exterior.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvain-reynard/here-was-the-old-professor-emerson-simmering-beneath-gabriel-s/)

[Sylvain Reynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvain-reynard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/sylvain-reynard-765_mind_here-was-the-old-professor-emerson-simme_2968046.jpg)

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