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Familiarity breeds contempt -- and children.
-- Mark Twain The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the
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-- Anatole France Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate
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-- Oscar Wilde Business and Economy
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-- Anatole France Business and Economy
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it
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Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.
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