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Taught Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut
- I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.
- I had taught myself that a human being might as well look for diamond tiaras in the gutter as for rewards and punishments that were…
- 1492. As children we were taught to memorize this year with pride and joy as the year people began living full and imaginative lives on…
- Self-taught, are you?" Julian Castle asked Newt. "Isn't everybody?" Newt inquired. "Very good answer.
- On Tralfamadore, says Billy Pilgrim, there isn't much interest in Jesus Christ. The Earthling figure who is most engaging to the Tralfamadorian mind, he says,…
- I have been a writer since 1949. I am self-taught. I have no theories about writing that might help others. When I write, I simply…
- I think about my education sometimes. I went to the University of Chicago for awhile after the Second World War. I was a student in…
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- I grew up in the north woods of Canada. You had to know certain things about survival. Wilderness survival courses weren't very… — Margaret Atwood
- When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to… — Erykah Badu
- A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. — James A. Baldwin
- It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all… — James A. Baldwin
- The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done. — Arthur Balfour
- Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent. — Jan Peter Balkenende
- Most African women are taught to endure abusive marriages. They say endurance means a good wife but most women endure abusive relationship… — Joyce Banda
- My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet. — Tyra Banks
- Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil. — Saint Basil
- If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me… — Mario Batali