. . . there must be a sequence to learning, that perseverance and a certain measure of perspiration … - Neil Postman

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Restaurants get you in with food to sell you liquor; religions get you in with belief to sell you rules.

Neil Postman

. . . there must be a sequence to learning, that perseverance and a certain measure of perspiration are indispensable, that individual pleasures must frequently be submerged in the interests of group cohesion, and that learning to be critical and to think conceptually and rigorously do not come easily to the young but are hard-fought victories.

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