“The internet tends to make smart people smarter and dumb people dumber.” ~ Ben Casnocha

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“It’s not just for people to be consumers of the arts. It’s for them to also participate, find their creative voices, and build confidence through participation.” ~ Renée Fleming

“Facts and information are now more accessible than ever. Finding answers is simple. What is hard is asking questions and discerning source credibility, two things we Americans are abysmal at. We are, as the saying goes, drowning in information while starving for knowledge.” ~ Ben Ponder

A failure resume is a quick way to demonstrate that failure is an important part of our learning process, especially when you’re stretching your abilities, doing things the first time, or taking risks. ~ Tina Seelig

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“It’s a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart.” ~ Ulysses Everett McGill

“This is the unschooling mindset: the belief that persistently following your passions, looking for hidden opportunities, and being comfortable as an outsider are the truly important things in life—much more so than a piece of paper from an institution.” ~ Blake Boles 

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” ~ Maya Angelou

“Great design makes learning frictionless.” ~ Michael Loop

Hat tip to Michael Schechter 

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“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write.” ~ Stephen King

Hap tip to Scribner Books 

“Training is about answers, about how to do it, and education is about questions, about why to do it.” ~ Ben Ponder