#taught

The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except in illiberal sects, that the novel is fitted both for honest use and for pleasure. ↗

— Carl Clinton Van Doren

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I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups. ↗

— Patti LaBelle

#because #downs #had #happy #i

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will. ↗

— Ron Blomberg

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I taught in a small teacher's college for three or four years, at which point all the administrators got a pay raise and the teaching faculty didn't. ↗

— David Eddings

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The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobody's word about them. ↗

— Henry Bolingbroke

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Jeff Bridges taught me a lot about how to keep a scene fresh. ↗

— Robert Englund

#bridges #fresh #how #jeff #keep

The worst part is doubt. When you doubt yourself, which we are taught to do, you get lost. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#get #lost #part #taught #which

Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone. ↗

— David Brooks

#aspects #building #character #comes #educated

I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it. ↗

— Jackson Browne

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I taught principally German language and literature at Eton. But any master with private pupils must be prepared to teach anything they ask for. That can be as diverse as the early paintings of Salvador Dali or how bumblebees manage to fly. ↗

— John le Carre

#anything #ask #be prepared #dali #diverse