People are so like their first mother Eve: what they are given doesn’t take their fancy.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin
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Monthly Archives: January 2025
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In school, a lot of success is individual: How do I stand out? In life, most success is team-based: How can we work together? Grades reveal who is persistent, self-disciplined, and compliant—but they don’t reveal much about emotional intelligence, relationship skills, passion, leadership ability, creativity, or courage.
~ David Brooks
via How the Ivy League Broke America
published by The Atlantic
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J. Edgar Hoover was born
on this day in 1895
John Edgar Hoover – the last Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first ever Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – was born on this day – January 1, 1895 – in Washington, DC.
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Myths are made for the imagination to breathe life into them.
~ Albert Camus
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Campus Life at
Slippery Rock University
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Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.
~ Haruki Murakami
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