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“No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge.” quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Download Open image

“No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

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Nothing is worse than active ignorance.

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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.

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Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final soliloquy of Clay, the protagonist in LeRoi Jones’ (aka Amiri Baraka’s) play Dutchman. You’d better be glad Charlie Parker could play him some horn and Bessie Smith could sing, because if they didn’t make music they…

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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

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You can't go into games with any fear. You can acknowledge a good team but you can't go in worrying.

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Acknowledging foolishness is a very powerful and important experience. We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first wisdoms. The phenomenal world can be perceived and seen proprerly if we see it from the perspective of being a fool. There is very little distance between being a fool and being wise; they are…

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