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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - November 12, 2026
College isn't the place to go for ideas.
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Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)  
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The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.
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Lewis Thomas (1913 - 1993)  
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The best time to plant an oak tree was twenty-five years ago. The second best time is today.
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James Carville  
Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
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Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)  
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