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Frank Herbert book Dune
Princess Irulan in The Humanity of Muad'Dib
Dune (1965)
Context: Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It's shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad'Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson.
“Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.”
Mortimer J. Adler (1902–2001) American philosopher and educator
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“Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
The earliest attributions of this remark to anyone are in 1941, to Mortimer Adler, in How To Read A Book (1940), although this actually a paraphrased shortening of a statement in his preface: Reading — as explained (and defended) in this book — is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
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Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, Singles and rarities
“You can only learn so much by reading. You cannot learn to ride a bicycle by reading a book.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899–1977) philosopher and university president
Great Books: The Foundation of a Liberal Education (1954)
Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor