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|10 = '''If you have [[knowledge]], let others light their [[candle]]s in it.'''<br />
|10 = '''If you have [[knowledge]], let others light their [[candle]]s in it.'''<br />
       <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)</cite>
       <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)</cite>
|11 = '''A [[word]] after a word after a word is [[power]].'''<br />
|11 = '''Education is not filling a [[bucket]] but lighting a [[fire]].'''<br />
      <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Atwood]] (1939-)</cite>
    <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[William Butler Yeats]]<br /></cite>
|12 = '''Writing is one of the most effective ways to develop thinking.'''<br />
|12 = '''Writing is one of the most effective ways to develop thinking.'''<br />
       <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Syrene Forsman, ''Writing to Learn Means Learning to Think''</cite>
       <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Syrene Forsman, ''Writing to Learn Means Learning to Think''</cite>
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|40 = '''The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.'''<br />
|40 = '''The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Frank Herbert, American [[science fiction]] author (1920 - 1986)<br /> </cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Frank Herbert, American [[science fiction]] author (1920 - 1986)<br /> </cite>
|41 = '''Education is not filling a [[bucket]] but lighting a [[fire]].'''<br />
    <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[William Butler Yeats]]<br /></cite>
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Revision as of 10:26, 3 October 2024

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but “That’s funny …”
— Anonymous, attributed to Isaac Asimov
       —add a quotation about knowledge or writing