Truly great men must, I think, experience great sorrow on the earth.

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The longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy. ― Booker T. Washington

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No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its citizens learned too much. ― Robert McKee

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Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience. — William Arthur Ward

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Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another. — Nelson Mandela

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There is nothing in all nature without its reason," he wrote. "If you know the reason, you do not need the experience. ― Leonardo da Vinci

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And actually, about three weeks ago, Micky, Peter and I were in Vegas at the MGM Grand. And we did about 12 shows in seven days. It was quite an experience. - Davy Jones

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From the standpoint of education, genius means essentially 'giving birth to the joy in learning.' I'd like to suggest that this is the central task of all educators. It is the genius of the student that is the driving force behind all learning. Before educators take on any of the other important issues in learning, they must first have a thorough understanding of what lies at the core of each student's intrinsic motivation to learn, and that motivation originates in each student's genius. — Thomas Armstrong

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I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.

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Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy ― Phyllis McGinley

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