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Growth and mastery come only to those who vigorously self-direct. Initiating, creating, doing, reflecting, freely associating, enjoying privacy-these are precisely what the…
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I teach how to fit into a world I don't want to live in. I just can't do it anymore.
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School is the first impression children get of organized society. Like most first impressions it is the lasting one. Life is dull…
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The premise upon which mass compulsion schooling is based is dead wrong. It tries to shoehorn every style, culture, and personality into…
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The shocking possibility that dumb people don't exist in sufficient numbers to warrant the millions of careers devoted to tending them will…
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Curiosity has no important place in my work, only conformity.
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The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them…
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This was once a land where every sane person knew how to build a shelter, grow food, and entertain one another. Now…
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Children allowed to take responsibility and given a serious part in the larger world are always superior to those merely permitted to…
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Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood and by…
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Do we really need school? I don't mean education, just forced schooling: six classes a day, five days a week, nine months…
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Schools stifle family originality by appropriating the critical time needed for any sound idea of family to develop - then they blame…
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When the first big paycheque with 'Dumb And Dumber' hit, I went: 'Gosh, I wonder if this will affect my performance. Will…
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Végre nem butulok tovább (I've finally stopped getting dumber).
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I [do not know] when the end of science will come. ... What I do know is that our species is dumber…
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Piss off Satan and don't take me for dumber than I look.
— William S. Burroughs
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I know there are people, if I go into a market or a city for the first time, there are people that…
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I think that marijuana makes you stupid but sensual. I've watched many of my friends and loved ones become more erotic and…
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
— Plato
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There is one thing in this world that is dumber than playing golf. That is watching someone else playing golf. What do…
— Unknown Author
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The only thing dumber than a Democrat or a Republican is when those pricks work together. You see, in our two-party system,…
— Lewis Black
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The dumber a pitcher is, the better. When he gets smart and begins to experiment with a lot of different pitches, he's…
— Dizzy Dean
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I think movies are getting dumber, actually. Where it used to be 50/50, now it`s 3% good, 97% stupid.
— Ridley Scott
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The modern world’s tech-giddy control and facilitation makes us stupid. Awareness atrophies. Dumb gets dumber. Lists are everywhere – the five things you need to…
— Roger Cohen
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