Johnson, Lyndon -- Speech (1964-05-22), Graduation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Dave — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 18:19:24 +0000

Poverty must not be a bar to learning, and learning must offer an escape from poverty.

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) American politician, educator, US President (1963-69)
Speech (1964-05-22), Graduation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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De Botton, Alain -- The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, ch. 9 “Entrepreneurship” (2009)

Dave — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 04:20:54 +0000

In reality, the likelihood of reaching the pinnacle of capitalist society today is only marginally better than were the chances of being accepted into the French nobility four centuries ago, though at least an aristocratic age was franker, and therefore kinder, about the odds. It did not relentlessly play up the possibilities open to all, … and so, in turn, did not cruelly equate an ordinary life with a failed one.

Alain de Botton (b. 1969) Swiss-British author
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, ch. 9 “Entrepreneurship” (2009)
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Johnson, Lyndon -- Speech (1964-05-22), Graduation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

De Botton, Alain -- The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, ch. 9 “Entrepreneurship” (2009)