Self-actualization is what educated existence is all about. For members of the educated class, life is one long graduate school. When they die, God meets them at the gates of heaven, totes up how many fields of self-expression they have mastered, and then hands them a divine diploma and lets them in.

W. Brooks (1901–1999) American farmer and businessman
Bubba Brooks (David Kenneth Brooks Jr. David Brooks may refer to:
David Brooks (actor) (1917–1999) American actor and stage director and producer
David Brooks (author) (born 1953) Australian author of short stories and co-editor for Southerly
David Brooks (inventor) inventor who patented an innovative insulator for telegraph lines in 1867 while working for the Central Pacific Railroad
David Brooks (journalist) (born 1961) commentator for The New York Times and other publications
David Brooks (murderer) (born 1955) teenaged accomplice of serial killer Dean Corll
David Brooks (politician) (1756–1838) United States representative in the Fifth United States Congress
David Brooks (rugby league) (born 1962) Australian rugby league footballer
David Brooks (rugby union) (1924–2002) British rugby union footballer
David Allen Brooks (born 1947) American film and television actor
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