Geoffrey Sampson quotes
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“To my mind by far the greatest danger in scholarship...is not that the individual may fail to master the thought of a school but that a school may succeed in mastering the thought of the individual.”
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“Eve was not a born know-all. She was ignorant. But she was a good learner.”
-- Geoffrey SampsonSource : Geoffrey Sampson (2005). “The 'Language Instinct' Debate: Revised Edition”, p.25, A&C Black
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“Whether or not it is ultimately the best of all conceivable scripts for Korean, Hangeul must unquestionably rank as one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind.”
-- Geoffrey Sampson
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Source : "Fame and Fingernails as a TV Mobster's Wife". Interview with Robin Finn, www.nytimes.com. April 24, 2001.
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“Behind the parents stands the school, and behind the teacher the home.”
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Source : "In Rare, Blunt Speech, Saudi King Criticizes Syria Vetoes" by Rick Gladstone, www.nytimes.com. February 10, 2012.
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“Why should you mind being wrong if someone can show you that you are?”
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