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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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Film should be looked at straight on; it is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.

Werner Herzog

Film should be looked at straight on; it is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.

Werner Herzog

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The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help.

Carl Sandburg

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help.

Carl Sandburg

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I come from a family of scholars who got their Master’s degrees. To my grandma – and to a lot of people – an education was a way of making it out of the worst parts of their life.

Big Sean

I come from a family of scholars who got their Master’s degrees. To my grandma – and to a lot of people – an education was a way of making it out of the worst parts of their life.

Big Sean

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Scholars will argue with each other about everything.

Peter Jennings

Scholars will argue with each other about everything.

Peter Jennings

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You should look straight at a film; that’s the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.

Werner Herzog

You should look straight at a film; that’s the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.

Werner Herzog

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The preoccupation of American historical and literary scholars with the New England Puritans must seem to outsiders like an obsession.

Edmund Morgan

The preoccupation of American historical and literary scholars with the New England Puritans must seem to outsiders like an obsession.

Edmund Morgan

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In academia, I discovered that issues and insights, commonplace among the scholars, are viewed as highly controversial and even as ‘heresy’ in the churches.

John Shelby Spong

In academia, I discovered that issues and insights, commonplace among the scholars, are viewed as highly controversial and even as ‘heresy’ in the churches.

John Shelby Spong

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The Dicky Dollar Scholars are a little bit of a cartoon bromance. ‘Everybody Wants Some!’ is probably a little more realistic. I didn’t realize that my brand was bromance!

Glen Powell

The Dicky Dollar Scholars are a little bit of a cartoon bromance. ‘Everybody Wants Some!’ is probably a little more realistic. I didn’t realize that my brand was bromance!

Glen Powell

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Many scholars working in the humanities have already shown interest in brain research. For years, contemporary theory in the humanities has left the body and biology out of their discussions.

Siri Hustvedt

Many scholars working in the humanities have already shown interest in brain research. For years, contemporary theory in the humanities has left the body and biology out of their discussions.

Siri Hustvedt

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In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning.

Jean Baudrillard

In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning.

Jean Baudrillard

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Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.

Mary Douglas

Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.

Mary Douglas

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There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.

Xun Kuang

There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.

Xun Kuang

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Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.

Carter G. Woodson

Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.

Carter G. Woodson

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Lincoln’s address at Gettysburg – 272 words dedicating a cemetery at the site of one of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles – has been called by scholars the source of all modern political prose.

Mike Quigley

Lincoln’s address at Gettysburg – 272 words dedicating a cemetery at the site of one of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles – has been called by scholars the source of all modern political prose.

Mike Quigley

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Scholars have long dreamed of a universal library containing everything that has ever been written.

Peter Singer

Scholars have long dreamed of a universal library containing everything that has ever been written.

Peter Singer

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Each university should have a Young Scholars’ Committee. I became the chairman of this Committee, and immediately it was permitted to have this plan officially adopted.

Anatoly Chubais

Each university should have a Young Scholars’ Committee. I became the chairman of this Committee, and immediately it was permitted to have this plan officially adopted.

Anatoly Chubais

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The world’s great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.

Film should be looked at straight on; it is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help.

I come from a family of scholars who got their Master’s degrees. To my grandma – and to a lot of people – an education was a way of making it out of the worst parts of their life.

Scholars will argue with each other about everything.

You should look straight at a film; that’s the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.

The preoccupation of American historical and literary scholars with the New England Puritans must seem to outsiders like an obsession.

In academia, I discovered that issues and insights, commonplace among the scholars, are viewed as highly controversial and even as ‘heresy’ in the churches.

The Dicky Dollar Scholars are a little bit of a cartoon bromance. ‘Everybody Wants Some!’ is probably a little more realistic. I didn’t realize that my brand was bromance!

Many scholars working in the humanities have already shown interest in brain research. For years, contemporary theory in the humanities has left the body and biology out of their discussions.

In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning.

Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.

There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.

Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.

Lincoln’s address at Gettysburg – 272 words dedicating a cemetery at the site of one of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles – has been called by scholars the source of all modern political prose.

Scholars have long dreamed of a universal library containing everything that has ever been written.

Each university should have a Young Scholars’ Committee. I became the chairman of this Committee, and immediately it was permitted to have this plan officially adopted.