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title: "3 Sentence Mind Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The public school system: "Usually a twelve year sentence of mind control. Crushing creativity, smashing individualism, encouraging collectivism and compromise, destroying the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-public-school-system-usually-a-twelve-year-sentence-of-mind/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/thomas-jefferson-43_authority_the-public-school-system-usually-a-twelv_499651.jpg)

> [As an adult, I have often been deep in serious conversation with someone I've highly respected and seen them roll an eye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-forsyth/as-an-adult-i-have-often-been-deep-in-serious-conversation-with/)

[Kate Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-forsyth/)

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> [ “\[The public school system is\] usually a twelve year sentence of mind control. Crushing creativity, smashing individualism, encouraging collectivism and compromise, destroying… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-karp/the-public-school-system-is-usually-a-twelve-year-sentence-of-mind/)

[Walter Karp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-karp/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/walter-karp-49008_authority_the-public-school-system-is-usually-a-tw_1587731.png)

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