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The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it.

~John Ciardi

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Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.

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Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.

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A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.

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There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

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Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.

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Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character.

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A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students.

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You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

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Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Dramatist

Born: June 24th, 1916

Died: March 30th, 1986

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