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There are indeed times when one should TRUST blindly, just as there are times when one should not. WISDOM consists in being able to tell one from the other.

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Daniel Quinn
Age: 82 †
Born: 1935
Born: October 11
Died: 2018
Died: February 17
Autobiographer
Novelist
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Daniel Clarence Quinn
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Children don't need learning. They need access to what they want to learn outside the home.
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The world is not in any sense in danger from itself. The world is in fact not in any danger at all. It is we who are in danger.
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We're straying from the path of salvation because we remember that we once belonged to the world and were content in that belonging.
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Don't wait. Where do you expect to get by waiting? Doing is what teaches you. Doing is what leads to inspiration. Doing is what generates ideas. Nothing else, and nothing less.
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