"That best academy, a mother's knee." — James Russell Lowell

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• There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for… — Charles Babbage
• Soviet regime in a way deprived me from my childhood in my homeland, because my father was in military, and… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
• We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
• Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. — Ambrose Bierce
• I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like… — Albert Brooks
• High school was interesting, because I went from a public school middle school to an academy where the first year… — Kyle Chandler
• Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor. — Ray Charles
• You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I… — Cher
• The manager sits down with me; I sit down with the board. We assess the success of the year. The… — David Gill
• Academies that are founded at public expense are instituted not so much to cultivate men's natural abilities as to restrain… — Baruch Spinoza
• When I am dead, let it be said of me: he belonged to no school, to no church, to no… — Gustave Courbet
• In all our academies we attempt far too much. ... In earlier times lectures were delivered upon chemistry and botany… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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