The school system, custodian of print culture, has no place for the rugged individual. It is, indeed, the homogenizing hopper into which we toss our integral tots for processing.
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Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems.
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A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
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And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring this uniformity up to the highest possible point. A school is a hopper into which children are heaved while they are still young and tender; therein they are pressed into certain standard shapes and covered from head to heels with official rubber-stamps.
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In pioneer days they used oxen for heavy pulling, and when one ox couldn't budge a log, they didn't try to grow a larger ox. We shouldn't be trying for bigger computers, but for more systems of computers.
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One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.
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If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.
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I am now going to make you a gift that will stay with you the rest of your life. For the rest of your life, every time you say 'We've always done it that way,' my ghost will appear and haunt you for twenty-four hours.
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You manage things; you lead people.
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The school system, custodian of print culture, has no place for the rugged individual. It is, indeed, the homogenizing hopper into which we to...
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You had to stand in line to hate him.
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You manage things you lead people.
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A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
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Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.
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Timid? As timid as a buzzsaw.
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