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Quote, Unquote

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Jasper John MacKay

You’re told that you’re supposed to go to college, but you’re also told that you are being self-indulgent if you actually want to get an education. As opposed to what? Going into consulting isn’t self-indulgent? Going into finance isn’t self-indulgent?
~ William Deresiewicz

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Posted in 1347 - Quote Unquote | Tagged William Deresiewicz

Quote, Unquote

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Jasper John MacKay

An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh.
~ Will Rogers

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Quote, Unquote

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Jasper John MacKay

Our intellectual resources are too narrow, and the universe is too complex, to leave any hope that it will ever be within our power to carry scientific perfection to its last degree of simplicity.
~ Auguste Comte

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Campus Trivia Night

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Dmitri O'Bannon

Question: Which five American states had the smallest populations in the year 2015.

  1. Wyoming (586,107)
  2. Vermont (626,042)
  3. Alaska (737,625)
  4. North Dakota (754,066)
  5. South Dakota (858,469)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Posted in 0259 - Campus Trivia | Tagged U.S. Demographics

Quote, Unquote

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Jasper John MacKay

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Posted in 0747 - Quote Unquote | Tagged Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Quote, Unquote

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Jasper John MacKay

If we exiled our sins, our virtues would get lonely without their old sparring partners.
~ Henry S. Haskins

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Posted in 1947 - Quote, Unquote | Tagged Henry S. Haskins

Quote, Unquote

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Jasper John MacKay

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
~ Søren Kierkegaard

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Posted in 1947 - Quote, Unquote | Tagged Søren Kierkegaard
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