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“Most of all we need an education which will create an educated mind. This is a mind not simply a repository of information and skills, but a mind that is a source of creative skepticism, characterized by a willingness to challenge old assumptions and to be challenged, a spaciousness of outlook, and convictions that are deeply held, but which new facts and new experiences can always modify.”

Needs Mind Facts Challenges Education Creative Information Source Skills Conviction Educated Assumption Willingness Skepticism Outlook New Experiences Spaciousness Educated Mind

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966

“Technology and Ideology are shaking the foundations of 21st century capitalism. Technology is making skills and knowledge the only sources of sustainable strategic advantage.”

Technology Century Source Skills Capitalism Advantage Foundation Ideology 21st Century Shaking Strategic Skills And Knowledge

Author:Lester Thurow

“Ours is a problem in which deception has become organized and strong; where truth is poisoned at its source; one in which the skill of the shrewdest brains is devoted to misleading a bewildered people.”

People Problem Strong Brain Source Truth Is Skills Deception Organized Devoted Mislead Bewildered

Book:A Preface to Politics

Source: A Preface to Politics

“There are many examples of companies and countries that have improved their competitiveness and efficiency by adopting open source strategies. The creation of skills through all levels is of fundamental importance to both companies and countries.”

Country Levels Company Example Creation Source Skills Importance Fundamentals Strategy Efficiency Adopting Competitiveness Open Source

Author:Mark Shuttleworth

“The art of decoration requires the most sophisticated and self-indulgent skills. Its aim has always been to sate the senses as gloriously as possible. ... ornament is not only a source of sensuous pleasure; it supplies a necessary kind of magic to people and places that lack it. More than just a dread of empty spaces has led to the urge to decorate; it is the fear of empty selves.”

People Kind Art Self Space Pleasure Magic Source Skills Empty Aim Senses Urges Dread Sophisticated Supplies Ornaments Decoration Empty Space Sensuous Self Indulgent

Book:ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?

Source: ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?

“Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other skills beyond a fluctuating weight, eventually building up a different source of self-worth.”

Different Self Self Esteem Building Source Skills Lows Weight Self Worth Esteem Diets Low Self Esteem Building Up

Author:Arabella Weir

“I have met bright students in computer science who have never seen the source code of a large program. They may be good at writing small programs, but they can't begin to learn the different skills of writing large ones if they can't see how others have done it.”

Ifs Writing May Different Done Students Source Mets Skills Computer Program Be Good Code Computer Science

Book:Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman

Source: Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman

“People are much more likely to act on their self-percepts of efficacy inferred from many sources of information rather than rely primarily on visceral cues. This is not surprising because self knowledge based on information about one's coping skills, past accomplishments, and social comparison is considerably more indicative of capability than the indefinite stirrings of the viscera”

People Self Past Social Information Source Skills Accomplishment Rely Comparison Capability Surprising Self Knowledge Coping Stirring Efficacy Visceral Self Efficacy

Book:Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory

Source: Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory

“Investigation is a subtle process, requiring patience and fine analytical ability, as well as a skill in cultivating one's sources. When torture is condoned, these rare talented people leave the service, having been outstripped by less gifted colleagues with their quick-fix methods, and the service itself degenerates into a playground for sadists.”

People Wells Process Ability Source Fine Skills Method Torture Subtle Investigation Gifted Colleagues Playgrounds Degenerates Cultivating Quick Fixes

Author:Vladimir Bukovsky