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I will ever be grateful for the wise counsel of a strong and inspired father when he taught, "If you always say no to the… — Harold G. Hillam
So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble. — John Entwistle
The price the Virgin demanded was purity, and the way the educators of Catholic children have interpreted this for nearly two thousand years is sexual… — Marina Warner
Self-denial is taught much better by inspiring the love of our neighbor, than by the prohibition of innocent comforts and pleasures. Spirituality is much better… — Harriet Martineau
Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation. — Maria Montessori
My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for… — Yanni
The determination that led me to create a new sports team taught me an important lesson: opportunity is manufactured. — Biz Stone
The Nephilim was something I'd known about since I was really young. If you're familiar with the first book of the Bible, Genesis, you see… — Carl McCoy
School prepares for the alienating institutionalization of life by teaching the need to be taught. Once this lesson is learned, people lose their incentive to grow… — Ivan Illich
We cannot go beyond the consumer society unless we first understand that obligatory public schools inevitably reproduce such a society, no matter what is taught… — Ivan Illich
I think one of the problems [with raising intelligent children] is compulsory schooling...and that children are sitting there and they are taught and told what… — Marilyn vos Savant
I was forced, through seeing the error of their foundation, to abandon all belief in every religion which had been taught to man. But my… — Robert Owen
Children, taught either years beneath their intelligence or miles wide of relevance to it, or both: their intelligence becomes hopelessly bewildered, drawn off its centers,… — James Agee
I’ve always taught pitch selection, but I just want my guys to be aggressive on their pitch. — Unknown Author
The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except… — Carl Clinton Van Doren
Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects. He taught me… — Greg Mortenson
I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about. — Mos Def
What is it that would make a creature as fierce, majestic and powerful as a lion is, subject itself to the intimidation of a man… — Iyanla Vanzant
I was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and no one had ever taught anybody that young, back in those days. — Bernie Worrell
We are not taught to be thinkers, but reflectors of our culture. Let's teach our children to be thinkers. — Jacque Fresco
He [the Almighty] taught us that all human beings are equal regardless of sex, national origin and tribe. And He also taught us all who… — Haile Selassie
I was intent on doing something productive and on being everything my parents taught me to be. Their values were clear: do good work; don't… — Ruth Simmons
Global consciousness is not an objective belief that can be taught to anybody and everybody, but a subjective transformation in the interior structures that can… — Ken Wilber
This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade 'Know Thyself!'… — Aleister Crowley
What it takes to do a job will not be learned from management courses. It is principally a matter of experience, the proper attitude, and… — Hyman Rickover

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