Page Smith quotes
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“After an acquaintance of ten minutes many women will exchange confidences that a man would not reveal to a lifelong friend”
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“It can be said unequivocally that good teaching is far more complex, difficult, and demanding than mediocre research, which may explain why professors try so hard to avoid it.”
-- Page SmithSource : Page Smith (1990). “Killing the Spirit: Higher Education in America”, Viking Adult
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“Alan Chadwick's garden is a 'garden of the mind' as much as it is of the soil, and like all genuinely inspired creations it has the power to stir us to new dreams, to a new vision of what man and nature can do, together.”
-- Page Smith
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“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.”
Source : More Poems (1936) no. 36
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“Wait a minute, I'm a fan of yours; you can't be a fan of mine!”
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“Every minute of life carries with it its miraculous value, and its face of eternal youth.”
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“Every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.”
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“Couples who rarely or never have sex can know lifelong love.”
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“Marriage is a commitment for life. It is a permanent, lifelong relationship.”
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