Charles Van Doren quotes
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“Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too.”
-- Charles Van DorenSource : "Know it all" by Stacy Schiff, www.newyorker.com. July 31, 2006.
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“I have deceived my friends, and I had millions of them.”
-- Charles Van DorenSource : "Quiz Show". 1994.
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“I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way.”
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“Education in the West, particularly higher education in America, has lost the ability to see the universe from very far away.”
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“Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well.”
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“My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000.”
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“I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone.”
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“I've learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be.”
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“I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.”
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“I have learned a lot about good and evil - they are not always what they appear to be.”
-- Charles Van DorenSource : "Fictional character: Charles Van Doren". "Quiz Show", 1994.
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