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“Memory is an event horizon What’s caught in it is gone but it’s always there.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword

“Water will wear away stone, but it won’t cook supper. Everything has its own strengths. Said with enough irony, it could also imply that since the gods surely had a purpose for everyone the person in question must be good for something, but the speaker couldn’t fathom what it might be.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword

“Then he discovered the library’s collection of agriculture books, which included works by Sir Albert Howard and Rudolf Steiner. “I read them and it clicked,” he said. “I mean, it all just came together.”
― The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
― The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food

“With few ingrained food habits, Americans are among the least tradition-bound of food cultures, easily swayed by fashions and influences from other countries.”
― The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
― The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food

“In many ways, higher education is like any industry that has produced its product a particular way for a long time and is suspicious of anything new. This cynicism runs even deeper on college campuses because everyone is an expert in something. Despite their scholarly credentials, a vocal slice of professors and administrators remain skeptical of the research into the strength of online programs. This persists even as every new study of online learning arrives at essentially the same conclusion: Students who take all or part of their classes online perform better than those who take the same course through traditional instruction.”
― College Unbound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students
― College Unbound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students

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