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He who enters a university walks on hallowed ground.

James Bryant Conant / Chemist
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He who enters a university walks on hallowed ground.

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Just like a turtle, we only make progress if we stick our neck out.

James Bryant Conant Chemist

Education is what is left after all that has been learnt is forgotten.

James Bryant Conant Chemist

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

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Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea.

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If a university official's letter accusing a speaker of having a proclivity to commit speech crimes before she's given the speech - which then leads to Facebook postings demanding that Ann Coulter be hurt, a massive riot and a police-ordered cancellation of the speech - is not hate speech, then there is no such thing as hate speech.

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I knew what I wanted to do for my entire life, from nursery to university. I've always been geared towards wanting to act. I've stuck with it, dedicated time to it.

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Teaching at university isn't like teaching in an art school.

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I left school at 16 but I wish I'd gone to university - I think I would have studied English literature. I had a knack for that. But I don't think you have the kind of wisdom at 16 to make that decision.

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[On U.S. universities:] The bland leading the bland.

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The essence of a university is free and open inquiry, and when it loses that it is no longer a university.

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