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“Je mehr man in einer Sprache durch Vernunft unterscheiden lernt, desto schwerer wird einem das Sprechen derselben. Im Fertig-Sprechen ist viel Instinktmäßiges, durch Vernunft läßt es sich nicht erreichen.”

Book:The Waste Books

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“And, in the end, what will the students have learned? They will, to be sure, have learned something about whales, perhaps about navigation and map reading, most of which they could have learned just as well by other means. Mainly, they will have learned that learning is a form of entertainment or, more precisely, that anything worth learning can take the form of an entertainment, and ought to.”

Education Learning Criticism Entertainment

Book:Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Source: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

“When in doubt, adopt an attitude of curiosity.”

Inspirational Wisdom Choices Wonder Learning Curiosity Curious Choice Learn Self Development

Book:Elevate: An Essential Guide to Life

Source: Elevate: An Essential Guide to Life

“Learning isn’t done to you; it’s something you do.”

Learning Productivity Learning Process

Book:Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware

Source: Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware

“Father didn't expect us to sew, or play with dolls like other girls. Instead he gave us the books our mother had written, and encouraged us to read. He taught us independence is admirable, and imagination indispensable.”

Reading Learning Childhood Raising Girls

Book:Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein

Source: Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein

“Haven't we all been wrong about this at some point? I mean, isn't that how we learn to be right?”

Learning

Book:The Black Key

Source: The Black Key

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