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“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
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“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
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“Five percent of the people think;
ten percent of the people think they think;
and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.”
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ten percent of the people think they think;
and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.”
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“Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.”
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“The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind of a child is naturally active, it develops through exercise. Give a child plenty of exercise, for body and brain. The trouble with our way of educating is that it does not give elasticity to the mind. It casts the brain into a mold. It insists that the child must accept. It does not encourage original thought or reasoning, and it lays more stress on memory than observation.”
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David’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at David’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Philosophy and Science
Polls voted on by David
Lists liked by David
