Benno C. Schmidt Jr. Quotes
The most serious problems of freedom of expression in our society today exist on our campuses. The assumption seems to be that the purpose of education is to induce correct opinion rather than to search for wisdom and to liberate the mind....Attitudes on campuses often presage tendencies in the larger society. If that is so with respect to freedom of expression, the erosion of principle we have seen throughout our society in recent years may be only the beginning.
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Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured.
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It's for scientists to lay out the data and lay out what they think, and then it's for the public to make up its own mind. We don't live in a priesthood where some small group imposes its views on other people - that's not the way that science works, and it's not the way a democratic society should work.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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To be a great actor, you really don't need to go to acting school or learn dance classes or work on your body. You have to be intelligent. You have to draw on a lot of emotions that you go through in life that you can tap into once you work on a set.
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I don't think I have a black-hat image.
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Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.
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But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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I think fine dining should be part of the community where it is, more than just for the people who are going to make a special occasion.
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During the summer months of my high-school years, I befriended Dr. Robert Kough, a physician who cared for members of my family. Although he was practicing general medicine in a rural community when I met him, he was well equipped to arouse in me an interest not only in the life of a physician but in the fundaments of human biology.
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With our evolved busy hands and our evolved busy brains, in an extraordinarily short period of time we've managed to alter the earth with such geologic-forcing effects that we ourselves are forces of nature. Climate change, ocean acidification, the sixth mass extinction of species.
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Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.
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I think it's important for politicians to have moral qualities.
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A life not lived for others is not a life.
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I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education.
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I don't like the spirit of socialism – I think freedom is the basis of everything.
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Don't terrorize. Organize. Don't burn. Give kids a chance to learn … The real answer to race problems in this country is education. Not burning and killing. Be ready. Be qualified. Own something. Be somebody. That's Black Power.
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The most serious problems of freedom of expression in our society today exist on our campuses. The assumption seems to be that the purpose of education is to induce correct opinion rather than to search for wisdom and to liberate the mind....Attitudes on campuses often presage tendencies in the larger society. If that is so with respect to freedom of expression, the erosion of principle we have seen throughout our society in recent years may be only the beginning.
