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“The different steps and degrees of education may be compared to the artificer's operations upon marble; it is one thing to dig it out of the quarry, and another to square it, to give it gloss and lustre, call forth every beautiful spot and vein, shape it into a column, or animate it into a statue.”

Source: The poems and letters of Thomas Gray, with memoirs of his life and writings by W. Mason

“Teaching children to read was one thing; keeping them interested in reading was something else.”

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Book:Marva Collins' Way

Source: Marva Collins' Way

“It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.”

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Book:So human

Source: So human

“When Abraham Lincoln was murdered The one thing that interested Matthew Arnold Was that the assassin shouted in Latin As he lept on the stage This convinced Matthew There was still hope for America.”

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Author:Christopher Morley

“An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex.”

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Author:Aldous Huxley

“It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.”

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Author:John Locke

“There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.”

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Author:Will Rogers

“The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.”

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Book:Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Hoover years, 1931-1933

Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Hoover years, 1931-1933

“Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.”

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Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

“Too often the educational value of doing well what is done, however little, is overlooked. One thing well done prepares the mind to do the next thing better. Not how much, but how well, should be the motto. One problem thoroughly understood is of more value than a score poorly mastered.”

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Author:Booker T. Washington

“If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in their learning.”

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Author:William Bennett