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In honor of Father's Day, here are a few quotes from some funny dads: “Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.” —Jon Stewart “There should be a children’s song: ‘If you’re happy and you...
Quote of the Week
In honor of Mother's Day this past weekend: “A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dates all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” ―Agatha Christie, The Last Séance
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As we hunker down to get through another finals week, here are a few quotes about education that will hopefully help us put what we are working toward in perspective! “Only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers.” ― Steven...
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“I cannot stress enough that the answer to life's questions is often in people's faces. Try putting your iPhones down once in a while, and look in people's faces. People's faces will tell you amazing things. Like if they are angry, or nauseous or asleep.” ― Amy...
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T.H. Tsien, one of the world's renowned scholars of Chinese bibliography and paleography, passed away in his home April 9, 2015. He was 105 years old. Before becoming curator of the University of Chicago's Far Eastern Library, Tsein was a young librarian in China...
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Today marks what would have been Thomas Jefferson's 272nd birthday. As our third president, the father of the Declaration of Independence, and the beloved founder of the University of Virginia, it seems only right to pay him homage. "Our greatest happiness does not...