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Your old teacher never explained anything to you? I don't think that was very good. Not to explain. You can always ask me anything. That's what a real teacher should do.

— James Clavell The Children's Story (1982)

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The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world — and the most dangerous.

The Fly (1958)

What are clouds, but an excuse for the sky? What is life, but an escape from death?

Shōgun (1975)

The more I know, the more sure I am I know so little. The eternal paradox.

The Fly (1958)

I'm going to work hard not to have any wrong thoughts!

The Children's Story (1982)

Just a moment, children — what does "pledge" mean?

The Children's Story (1982)

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Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.

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School teachers, taking them by and large, are probably the most ignorant and stupid class of men in the whole group of mental workers.

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